A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
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Title: Tampopo (1985)
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Cast
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| Tsutomu Yamazaki | ... | Gorô | |
| Nobuko Miyamoto | ... | Tampopo | |
| Kôji Yakusho | ... | Gangster in the White Suit | |
| Ken Watanabe | ... | Gun | |
| Rikiya Yasuoka | ... | Pisuken | |
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Kinzô Sakura | ... | Shôhei |
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Yoshi Katô | ... | Master of ramen making |
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Hideji Ôtaki | ... | Rich Old Man |
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Fukumi Kuroda | ... | Gangster's Mistress |
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Setsuko Shinoi | ... | Rich old man's mistress |
| Yoriko Dôguchi | ... | Girl Oyster-fisher | |
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Masahiko Tsugawa | ... | Supermarket manager |
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Chôei Takahashi | ... | Company executives |
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Akio Tanaka | ... | Company executives |
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Yoshihei Saga | ... | Company executives |
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Storyline
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro, who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect noodle soup restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food, to an old woman who terrorizes a shopkeeper by compulsively squeezing his wares. Written by Reid Gagle
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The first Japanese noodle western!Genres:
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Country:
JapanLanguage:
JapaneseRelease Date:
September 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Tampopo: A Ramen Western See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$16,410, 23 October 2016Gross USA:
$224,097Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$375,971Company Credits
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Gorô: She left with the kids.
Tampopo: Why?
Gorô: I don't know. I grew up in a miserable family, so I wanted to make my own home the warmest there was. I got married. We had kids. And we had a warm home. But I never felt comfortable there. I don't know how to act in a happy home. Before I knew it, my wife was gone... Maybe I'm just a cold-hearted guy.
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Trivia
Included in "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," edited by Steven Schneider. See more »Goofs
When the gangster tickles his mistress by placing the bowl of prawns in cognac on her bare stomach, the sound of her laughter doesn't match up with her mouth movement. See more »Quotes
Tampopo: What about your wife?Gorô: She left with the kids.
Tampopo: Why?
Gorô: I don't know. I grew up in a miserable family, so I wanted to make my own home the warmest there was. I got married. We had kids. And we had a warm home. But I never felt comfortable there. I don't know how to act in a happy home. Before I knew it, my wife was gone... Maybe I'm just a cold-hearted guy.
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The entire closing credit sequence is a shot a woman breastfeeding her child; the camera slowly zooms in on the baby's mouth sucking his mother's breast. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I first saw this film on TV around 1990 and loved it. Its one of those films that you put on your mental list of films to see again. My girlfriend managed to buy an Japanese import subtitled version for Xmas and we sat down to watch. Tampopo is a film that starts interesting and slowly draws you in until you realise you sat for an hour and a half mesmerised. Its one of those films that when the lights go up you're not sure what you just watched but somehow it all made sense and you know it was very special. This is a film for life. I won't watch it every week but everyone I loaned it to came back with the same comments as myself. There are moments of sheer beauty that make your eyes fill up with joy. Several times I had to hold back a sniff, Damn I wanna cook noodles now. If Tampopo doesn't capture your heart then maybe you miss the point of film making as an art.