Tampopo

タンポポ (original)

7.9

/10

1h 55mComedy Food Western

The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe, this rapturous "ramen western" by Japanese director Juzo Itami is an entertaining, genre-bending adventure underpinned by a deft satire of the way social conventions distort the most natural of human urges, our appetites. Interspersing the efforts of Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto) and friends to make her café a success with the erotic exploits of a gastronome gangster and glimpses of food culture both high and low, the sweet, sexy, and surreal Tampopo is a lavishly inclusive paean to the sensual joys of nourishment, and one of the most mouthwatering examples of food on film ever made.

Spoken language: ja

Starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka, Hyōe Enoki, Gō Awazu, Mario Abe, Izumi Hara, Isao Hashizume

Watch "Tampopo" from streaming services HBO Max, Vudu, Criterion Channel and several more released in 1985. It's a comedy and food movie, and has a rating of 7.9 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.