Tampopo
タンポポ
1985 · 1h 55m · Comedy · Japan · Rated 18 (GB)
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
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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Jūzō Itami7.5Smart score
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bullyingbusiness womaneastern philosophyerotic vignettesfoodfood culturefoodiehelping peoplehoodlumjapanese restaurantjoyousramenramen noodlesrestaurantrestaurant ownerridiculoussenseismall town cookstealing recipestruck driverwhimsicalwidow
Rating18 (GB)
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