Summary
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
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Nobuko Miyamoto
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Ken Watanabe
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Rikiya Yasuoka
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Kinzō Sakura
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Hyōe Enoki
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Isao Hashizume
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Hisashi Igawa
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Yoshi Katō
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Zenpaku Kato
Man in White Suit's Henchman
Fukumi Kuroda
Man in White Suit's mistress
Nobuo Nakamura
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Mariko Okada
Spaghetti Teacher
Hitoshi Takagi
Restaurant Owner
Chōei Takahashi
Salaryman
Masahiko Tsugawa
Supermarket Manager
Hideji Ōtaki
Rich Old Man
Naritoshi Hayashi
Accompanying Man (uncredited)
Yoriko Doguchi
Pearl Diver (uncredited)
Ryutaro Otomo
Ramen Master