---
title: 'Tampopo (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jūzō Itami'
released: '1985-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tampopo-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092048/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tampopo (1985)

1985 · 114 min · Comedy · Japan

Original title: タンポポ

## Synopsis

Tampopo  is a 1985 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami, and starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kōji Yakusho, and Ken Watanabe. The publicity for the film calls it the first "ramen Western", a play on the term spaghetti Western.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jūzō Itami](https://cinepixo.com/people/juzo-itami)
- **Screenplay:** [Jūzō Itami](https://cinepixo.com/people/juzo-itami)
- **Producer:** [Jūzō Itami](https://cinepixo.com/people/juzo-itami)
- **Director of Photography:** [Masaki Tamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaki-tamura)
- **Editor:** [Akira Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-suzuki)

## Cast

- [Ken Watanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-watanabe)
- [Nobuko Miyamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuko-miyamoto)
- [Toshiya Fujita](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiya-fujita)
- [Rikiya Yasuoka](https://cinepixo.com/people/rikiya-yasuoka)
- [Kōji Yakusho](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-yakusho)
- [Hideji Ōtaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideji-otaki)
- [Ryūtarō Ōtomo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryutaro-otomo)
- [Mariko Okada](https://cinepixo.com/people/mariko-okada)
- [Tsutomu Yamazaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsutomu-yamazaki)
- [Yoshi Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshi-kato)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/tampopo-1985
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