Directed by:
Jūzō ItamiScreenplay:
Jūzō ItamiCinematography:
Masaki TamuraComposer:
Kunihiko MuraiCast:
Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kōji Yakusho, Ryutaro Otomo, Hisashi Igawa, Mariko Okada, 橋爪功, 津川雅彦, Chôei Takahashi, 洞口依子, 大滝秀治, 加藤嘉, 原泉, 池内万平, 高木均 (more)Plots(1)
When two truck drivers - Goro and Gun - stride in like cowboys to help the widow Tampopo with her modest noodle shop, it's just the launch-pad for Juzo Itami's utterly original, utterly unforgettable collision of yakuza film, western and slapstick comedy which veers from one crazy food and sex obsessed scenario to the next! The main narrative is interspersed with various subplots, including a yakuza gangster (Koji Yakusho) and his mistress (Fukumi Kuroda) who find eyebrow-raising new ways to use food. Other satirical vignettes involve a lowly office intern who upstages his superiors while ordering at a gourmet French restaurant, a housewife who rises from her deathbed to cook one last meal for her family, a spaghetti eating etiquette class and a restaurant run by gangsters engaged in stock market scams. (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Japan
Best movies:
High and Low (1963)
Red Beard (1965)
Departures (2008)
Nobuko Miyamoto
Japan
Best movies:
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
Dandelion (1985)
Ken Watanabe
Japan
Best movies:
Inception (2010)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Kōji Yakusho
Japan
Best movies:
University of Laughs (2004)
Eureka (2000)
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
Ryutaro Otomo
Japan
Best movies:
The Christian Lord (1962)
Castle of Owls (1963)
Eleven Samurai (1966)
Hisashi Igawa
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Harakiri (1962)
After the Rain (1999)
Mariko Okada
Japan
Best movies:
A Story Written with Water (1965)
Late Autumn (1960)
Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island (1956)
橋爪功
Japan
Best movies:
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
Under the Open Sky (2020)
Tokyo Family (2013)
津川雅彦
Japan
Best movies:
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Heaven and Earth (1990)
Dandelion (1985)
Chôei Takahashi
Japan
Best movies:
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
Dandelion (1985)
Hačikó monogatari (1987)
洞口依子
Japan
Best movies:
Love Exposure (2008)
Swallowtail & Butterfly (1996)
Dandelion (1985)
大滝秀治
Japan
Best movies:
Our Mother (2008)
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
加藤嘉
Japan
Best movies:
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Immortal Love (1961)
A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
原泉
Japan
Best movies:
池内万平
Japan
Best movies:
Dandelion (1985)
The Funeral (1984)
高木均
Japan
Best movies:
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Hanzo The Razor 2: The Snare (1973)
Rikiya Yasuoka
Italy
Best movies:
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)
Tokyo Pop (1988)
Violent Streets (1974)
Satoši Hasegawa
Japan
Best movies:
Dandelion (1985)
Akira Kubo
Japan
Best movies:
The Castle of Sand (1974)
Dandelion (1985)
Getting Any? (1994)