Tampopo (1985)

Tampopo 1985 / タンポポ 1985 / Dandelion

Tampopo is a celebration of the role of food in Japanese culture. Acclaimed director Juzo Itami's (The Funeral. A Taxing Woman) hit satire was dubbed the first ‟noodle western‟ for its delightful parody of American Westerns and Japanese samurai films. Tampopo follows a young widow who runs a small noodle restaurant in Tokyo and Goro, a cowboy hat wearing truck driver, as a they attempt to devise the perfect bowl of top ramen. A truck driver stops at a small family run noodle shop and decides to help their fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignette scenes on the theme of ‟the love of food.‟ (Source: IMDb)