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Release Date:
September 1987 (USA) moreTagline:
The first Japanese noodle western!Plot:
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Itami's style fits nicely moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Tsutomu Yamazaki | ... | Goro |
| Nobuko Miyamoto | ... | Tampopo |
 | Ken Watanabe | ... | Gun |
| Kôji Yakusho | ... | Man in White Suit |
| Rikiya Yasuoka | ... | Pisuken |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Mario Abe | ... | Resutoran no shachô |
| Izumi Hara | ... | Old woman, pressing Camembert cheese |
| Isao Hashizume | ... | Waiter |
| Hisashi Igawa | ... | Running man |
| Kensô Katô | ... | Hira |
| Toshimune Kato | ... | Young Employee |
| Yoshihiro Kato | ||
| Yoshi Kato | ... | Noodle-making master |
| Fukumi Kuroda | ... | Man in White Suit's Mistress |
| Nobuo Nakamura | ... | Old gentleman |
| Mariko Okada | ... | Supageti sensei |
| Hideji Otaki | ... | Rich Old Man |
| Ryutaro Otomo | ... | Râmen no sensei |
| Yoshihei Saga | ... | Sararîman |
| Kinzoh Sakura | ... | Shohei |
| Setsuko Shino | ... | Old Man's Mistress |
| Hitoshi Takagi | ... | Restaurant Owner |
| Choei Takahashi | ... | Sararîman |
| Akio Tanaka | ... | Sararîman |
| Masahiko Tsugawa | ... | Sûpâ no shachô |
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114 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Man in White Suit: I'll kill you if you make that noise once the movie starts! Understand? And... I also don't like watch alarms going off. moreFAQ
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The way each scene in Tampopo seems to lead into the next really jarred me when I first started to watch it. Movies with multiple plot lines will often create glaring differences between the scenes, but Itami did the opposite. Ending the bicycle workout scene (with Goro and Tampopo) with the business party walking into the restaurant where the "How to eat Italian food" lesson took place, which, upon conclusion found the camera following a waiter BACK to the business party all occurred seamlessly and left a grin on my face no one else in the room understood. In fact, the pace of the film is very conducive to the second and third viewings. Well, that's my excuse for why none of my friends found it quite as entertaining.