Overview

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.

Featured Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Nobuko Miyamoto

Ken Watanabe

Koji Yakusho

Rikiya Yasuoka

Kinzō Sakura

Hyōe Enoki

Gō Awazu

Izumi Hara

Isao Hashizume