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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   5,064 votes
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Director:

Juzo Itami

Writer:

Juzo Itami (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

September 1987 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Tagline:

The first Japanese noodle western!

Plot:

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town... more | add synopsis

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination more

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Walter Hill: The Hollywood Interview
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 9 September 2009, 12:07 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

Many unforgettable scenes more (62 total)


Cast

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Tsutomu Yamazaki ... Goro
Nobuko Miyamoto ... Tampopo

Ken Watanabe ... Gun
Kôji Yakusho ... Man in White Suit
Rikiya Yasuoka ... Pisuken
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mario Abe ... Resutoran no shachô
Sen Hara ... Old woman, pressing Camembert cheese
Isao Hashizume ... Waiter
Hisashi Igawa ... Running man
Kensô Katô ... Hira
Toshimune Kato ... Young Employee
Yoshihiro Katô
Yoshi Kato ... Noodle-making master
Fukumi Kuroda ... Man in White Suit's Mistress
Nobuo Nakamura ... Old gentleman
Mariko Okada ... Supageti sensei
Hideji Otaki ... Rich Old Man
Ryutaro Otomo ... Râmen no sensei
Yoshihei Saga ... Sararîman
Kinzoh Sakura ... Shohei
Setsuko Shinoi ... Old Man's Mistress
Hitoshi Takagi ... Restaurant Owner
Choei Takahashi ... Sararîman
Ei Takami ... Homeless
Akio Tanaka ... Sararîman
Masahiko Tsugawa ... Sûpâ no shachô
Yoriko Douguchi ... Pearl Diver (uncredited)
Narutoshi Hayashi ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Juzo Itami 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Juzo Itami  writer

Produced by
Seigo Hosogoe .... producer
Juzo Itami .... producer
Yasushi Tamaoki .... producer
 
Original Music by
Kunihiko Murai 
 
Cinematography by
Masaki Tamura 
 
Film Editing by
Akira Suzuki 
 
Costume Design by
Emiko Kogo 
 
Sound Department
Fumio Hashimoto .... sound recordist
Masatoshi Saito .... sound effects editor
 
Other crew
Izumi Ishimori .... food designer
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Dandelion (International: English title)
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Runtime:

114 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Man in White Suit: I'll kill you if you make that noise once the movie starts! Understand? And... I also don't like watch alarms going off. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Frasier: The Return of Martin Crane (#9.4)" (2001) more


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10 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Many unforgettable scenes, 25 January 2002
10/10
Author: justusdallmer (justusdallmer@hotmail.com) from Bad Aibling, Germany

When I saw it again after many years, I discovered how many impressive, unique, unparalleled scenes are included in TAMPOPO - I remembered my astonishment when first watching them. I was astonished how surprising these scenes were, how unexpected, how strange and weird and fascinating. Try it yourself! It's unbelievable, this free flow of thoughts and odd ideas. It opens your mind. It teaches to respect your food. It makes you love Japan.

PS: listen carefully to "The Old Master". He appears very soon.

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