A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 23, 1985
Original Title:
タンポポ
Alternate Titles:
Dandelion
Paardenbloem
Pissenlit
Tampopo - Magische Nudeln
Tampopo - Os Brutos Também Comem Spaghetti
Tampopo: A Ramen Western
Одуванчик
담뽀뽀
담포포
탄포포
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Itami Productions
New Century Producers
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
BR: e 16 DE: 16 GB: 18|15 NL: 12 PT: e 18 US: NR
Runtime: 115
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.
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Art Direction:
Takeo Kimura
Assistant Director:
Kazuki Shirayama
Casting:
Shigeru Sakurada
Kosaburo Sasaoka
Costume Design:
Emiko Kogô
Director:
Jūzō Itami
Director of Photography:
Masaki Tamura
Editor:
Akira Suzuki
Fight Choreographer:
Masatsugu Takase
Makeup Artist:
Midori Konuma
Original Music Composer:
Kunihiko Murai
Producer:
Seigo Hosogoe
Yasushi Tamaoki
Jūzō Itami
Production Design:
Takeo Kimura
Screenplay:
Jūzō Itami
Set Decoration:
Toshiharu Ochi
Sound Effects Editor:
Masatoshi Saito
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Kyōji Kōno
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