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.

• DirectorJūzō Itami
• Release23 November 1985
• GenreComedy
• Duration1h 55m
• Budget$1,500,000
• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  7.9
  373 reviews
• Productions

  New Century Producers, Itami Productions