Tampopo
100
Two truck drivers help a widowed noodle-shop owner perfect her ramen, while vignettes celebrate food as the secret language of desire, class, and death.
Why watch: The first ramen western. Itami fuses Sergio Leone, food culture, and deadpan comedy into something singular.
Cast
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Goro
Nobuko Miyamoto as Tampopo
Ken Watanabe as Gun
Koji Yakusho as White Suit Man
Rikiya Yasuoka as Pisken
Kinzō Sakura as Shohei
Hyōe Enoki as Pisken's Henchman
Gō Awazu as Pisken's Henchman
Mario Abe as Restaurant Owner
Izumi Hara as Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Isao Hashizume as Waiter
Hisashi Igawa as Running Man
Toshimune Kato as Young Employee
Kenso Kato as Hira
Yoshi Katō as Noodle-making Master
Crew
Jūzō Itami — Director
Jūzō Itami — Screenplay
Jūzō Itami — Producer
Seigo Hosogoe — Producer
Yasushi Tamaoki — Producer
Shigeru Sakurada — Casting
Kosaburo Sasaoka — Casting
Masaki Tamura — Director of Photography
Akira Suzuki — Editor
Takeo Kimura — Art Direction
Emiko Kogô — Costume Design
Kunihiko Murai — Original Music Composer
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