
115 minutes
11/23/1985
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.

Tsutomu Yamazaki
as Goro

Nobuko Miyamoto
as Tampopo

Ken Watanabe
as Gun

Koji Yakusho
as White Suit Man

Rikiya Yasuoka
as Pisken

Kinzō Sakura
as Shohei

Hyōe Enoki
as Pisken's Henchman

Gō Awazu
as Pisken's Henchman
Mario Abe
as Restaurant Owner

Izumi Hara
as Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese

Isao Hashizume
as Waiter

Hisashi Igawa
as Running Man
Toshimune Kato
as Young Employee
Kenso Kato
as Hira

Yoshi Katō
as Noodle-making Master

Yoshihiro Katō
as Man in White Suit's Henchman

Toshiya Fujita
as Man with Toothache

Fukumi Kuroda
as Man in White Suit's Mistress

Nobuo Nakamura
as Old Gentleman

Mariko Okada
as Spaghetti Teacher
Yoshihei Saga
as Salaryman
Setsuko Shinoi
as Old Man's Mistress

Hitoshi Takagi
as Restaurant Owner

Chōei Takahashi
as Salaryman
Ei Takami
as Homeless Man
Akio Tanaka
as Salaryman

Masahiko Tsugawa
as Supermarket Manager

Hideji Ōtaki
as Rich Old Man

Naritoshi Hayashi
as Accompanying Man

Yoriko Doguchi
as Pearl Diver

Ryutaro Otomo
as Ramen Master
Gilyak Amagasaki
as Homeless Man