In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.

Release Date: 1985-11-23

Genres: Comedy

Director: Jûzô Itami

Actors: Tsutomu Yamazaki ,Nobuko Miyamoto ,Ken Watanabe ,Koji Yakusho ,Rikiya Yasuoka ,Mario Abe ,Sen Hara ,Isao Hashizume ,Hisashi Igawa ,Toshimune Kato

Duration: 1h 55m

IMDB rating: 7.9