Top billed cast

1. 

   Tsutomu Yamazaki

   Goro

2. 

   Nobuko Miyamoto

   Tampopo

3. 

   Ken Watanabe

   Gun

4. 

   Koji Yakusho

   White Suit Man

5. 

   Rikiya Yasuoka

   Pisken

6. 

   Kinzō Sakura

   Shohei

7. 

   Hyōe Enoki

   Pisken's Henchman

8. 

   Gō Awazu

   Pisken's Henchman

9. 

   Mario Abe

   Restaurant Owner

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-07-17

Nobuko Miyamoto is the eponymous lady who runs her small noodle bar always with the same regulars and... well it's all just a bit routine. That is until "Gorô" (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and his young sidekick "Gun" (Ken Watanabe) arrive and decide they are going to help her realise her dream to improve her shop. Her emporium also serves as the lynch pin for a few tangential stories that focus around her customers and their need for food - and not only for nourishment, either! My favourite has to be the old woman who insists of squishing the life out of his produce then not buying anything - much to ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
Japanese

Budget
$1,500,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• widow
• restaurant
• business woman
• restaurant owner
• bullying
• sensei
• food
• truck driver
• erotic vignettes
• hoodlum
• foodie
• stealing recipes
• eastern philosophy
• ramen
• food culture
• small town cook
• joyous
• helping people
• whimsical
• ridiculous
• japanese restaurant
• ramen noodles