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Tampopo

The first Japanese Noodle Western.

★ 7.9 (388 votes) | 1985 | 1h 55m
Comedy
Overview

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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date November 23, 1985
  • Budget $1,500,000
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production New Century Producers, Itami Productions

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