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Synopsis
The sophomore directorial effort from ill-fated Japanese filmmaker Juzo Itami, Tampopo is an off-beat comedy featuring several intersecting stories all related to food. Tsutomu Yamazaki plays Goro, a truck driver who helps a young widow named Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto) improve her noodle restaurant. Over the course of the film, the story drifts around, not only following the stories of Tampopo, her son, and Goro, but also a number of customers who come through the diner, including an old woman (Izumi Hara) who insists on squeezing the cheese at a market and a criminal (Ken Watanabe) with a food-based kink. Tampopo was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Cast

Kinzo Sakura
Tsutomu Yamazaki Goro
Ken Watanabe Gun
Koji Yakusho Man in White Suit
Rikiya Yasuoka Pisken
Nobuko Miyamoto Tampopo

Production Crew

Takeo Kimura Art Director
Masaki Tamura Cinematographer
Kunihiko Murai Composer (Music Score)
Juzo Itami Director
Akira Suzuki Editor
Juzo Itami Producer
Seigo Hosogoe Producer
Yasushi Tamaoki Producer
Juzo Itami Screenwriter
Year: 1986
Runtime: 114
Country: Japan
MPAA Rating: NR
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy

Produced by
Itami Productions

Release
May 22, 1987 (USA)

Awards
1986 - Best Foreign Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1987 - Best Foreign Film - Independent Spirit Award
1987 - Best Foreign Film Y - National Board of Review
1987 - Best Foreign Film - National Board of Review
1987 - Best Foreign Film - Independent Spirit Awards