Tampopo

Synopsis

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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Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Goro

Nobuko Miyamoto

Tampopo

Ken Watanabe

Gun

Koji Yakusho

White Suit Man

Rikiya Yasuoka

Pisken

Kinzō Sakura

Shohei

Hyōe Enoki

Pisken's Henchman

Gō Awazu

Pisken's Henchman

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Mario Abe

Restaurant Owner

Izumi Hara

Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese

Isao Hashizume

Waiter

Hisashi Igawa

Running Man

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Toshimune Kato

Young Employee

Kenso Kato

Hira

Yoshi Katō

Noodle-making Master

Yoshihiro Kato

Man in White Suit's Henchman

Toshiya Fujita

Man with Toothache

Fukumi Kuroda

Man in White Suit's Mistress

Nobuo Nakamura

Old Gentleman

Mariko Okada

Spaghetti Teacher

Crew

Art

• Takeo Kimura Art Direction
• Toshiharu Ochi Set Decoration
• 佐村憲一 Graphic Designer

Camera

• Masaki Tamura Director of Photography
• Takashi Moro Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Emiko Kogô Costume Design
• Midori Konuma Makeup Artist

Crew

• Masatsugu Takase Fight Choreographer

Directing

• Jūzō Itami Director
• Kazuki Shirayama Assistant Director

Editing

• Akira Suzuki Editor

Lighting

• Yukio Inoue Gaffer

Production

• Yasushi Tamaoki Producer
• Jūzō Itami Producer
• Seigo Hosogoe Producer
• Shigeru Sakurada Casting
• Kosaburo Sasaoka Casting

Sound

• Kunihiko Murai Original Music Composer
• Masatoshi Saito Sound Effects Editor
• Kyōji Kōno Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Fumio Hashimoto Sound Recordist

Writing

• Jūzō Itami Screenplay

Photos