Tampopo

(1985)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 452 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1985

Runtime: 115 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Дзюдзо Итами

Cast: 山崎努, Нобуко Миямото, Кэн Ватанабэ, Кодзи Якусё, 安岡力也, 桜金造, 榎木兵衛, Го Авадзу, Mario Abe, 原泉

Plot

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.