A savory 'Noodle Western' simmering with playful eroticism and communal joy, metaphorically seasoning a widow's journey toward culinary perfection with the rich, complex broth of life's most primal human desires.
Tampopo
タンポポ
"The first Japanese Noodle Western."
Director:
Jūzō Itami
Cast:
Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka
Comedy
Budget:
$1,500,000
Tampopo - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
Shane and Rio Bravo References
Goro's departure at the end mirrors the classic trope where the hero must leave the community he saved because he belongs to the road.
Fourth Wall Breaking
The opening scene is a direct homage to Brechtian theater, where the film acknowledges itself as fiction.