Overview
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.
Cast
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Goro
宮本信子
Tampopo
Ken Watanabe
Gun
Koji Yakusho
White Suit Man
安岡力也
Pisken
桜金造
Shohei
榎木兵衛
Pisken's Henchman
粟津號
Pisken's Henchman
Mario Abe
Restaurant Owner
原泉
Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Isao Hashizume
Waiter
井川比佐志
Running Man
Toshimune Kato
Young Employee
加藤賢崇
Hira
加藤嘉
Noodle-making Master
加藤善博
Man in White Suit's Henchman
藤田敏八
Man with Toothache
黒田福美
Man in White Suit's Mistress
中村伸郎
Old Gentleman
岡田茉莉子
Spaghetti Teacher
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