Tampopo

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki Goro

Nobuko Miyamoto Tampopo

Ken Watanabe Gun

Koji Yakusho White Suit Man

Rikiya Yasuoka Pisken