
Plot
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

Mario Abe
Restaurant Owner

Izumi Hara
Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese

Isao Hashizume
Waiter

Hisashi Igawa
Running Man

Toshimune Kato
Young Employee

Kenso Kato
Hira

Yoshi Katō
Noodle-making Master

Yoshihiro Katō
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

Yoshihei Saga
Salaryman

Setsuko Shinoi
Old Man's Mistress

Hitoshi Takagi
Restaurant Owner

Chōei Takahashi
Salaryman

Ei Takami
Homeless Man

Akio Tanaka
Salaryman

Masahiko Tsugawa
Supermarket Manager

Hideji Ōtaki
Rich Old Man

Naritoshi Hayashi
Accompanying Man

Yoriko Doguchi
Pearl Diver

Ryutaro Otomo
Ramen Master

Gilyak Amagasaki
Homeless Man