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Tampopo

The first Japanese Noodle Western.

7.8(466)19851h 55m5

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1.5M
Box office
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Language
Japanese
  • widow
  • restaurant
  • business woman
  • restaurant owner
  • bullying
  • sensei
  • food
  • truck driver
  • erotic vignettes
  • hoodlum
  • foodie
  • stealing recipes

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Jūzō Itami

Produced in

Japan

Gallery

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR22 May 1987
    • Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York21 Oct 2016
    • PremiereNRPalm Springs International Film Festival9 Jan 2017
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical18VHS4 Jul 1994
    • Physical15BD1 May 2017
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatricale 161 Jan 1986
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1625 May 1989
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical23 Nov 1985
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical126 Oct 1988
    • Theatrical124K restoration16 Aug 2018
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatricale 182 Jan 1986
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1917 Dec 2025

Frequently asked questions

Tampopo was released on 23 November 1985.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/17/2023

    7/10

    Nobuko Miyamoto is the eponymous lady who runs her small noodle bar always with the same regulars and... well it's all just a bit routine. That is until "Gorô" (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and his young sidekick "Gun" (Ken Watanabe) arrive and decide they are going to help her realise her dream to improve her shop. Her emporium also serves as the lynch pin for a few tangential stories that focus around her customers and their …

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