Tampopo

The first Japanese Noodle Western.

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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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Cast

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Tsutomu Yamazaki actor Nobuko Miyamoto actor Ken Watanabe actor

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Kōji Yakusho actor

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Rikiya Yasuoka actor

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Kinzō Sakura actor

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Hyōe Enoki actor

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Gō Awazu actor

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Mario Abe actor

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Izumi Hara actor

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Isao Hashizume actor

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Hisashi Igawa actor

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Toshimune Kato actor

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Kensō Katō actor

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Yoshi Katō actor

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Yoshihiro Katō actor

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Toshiya Fujita actor

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Fukumi Kuroda actor

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Nobuo Nakamura actor Mariko Okada actor