Tampopo

Tampopo
Theatrical re-release poster
Directed byJuzo Itami
Screenplay byJuzo Itami
Produced by
  • Juzo Itami
  • Yasushi Tamaoki
  • Seigo Hosogoe[1]
Starring
CinematographyMasaki Tamura[1]
Edited byAkira Suzuki[1]
Music byKunihiko Murai[1]
Production
companies
  • Itami Productions
  • New Century Producers[1]
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • November 23, 1985 (1985-11-23) (Japan)
Running time
115 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tampopo (タンポポ, Tanpopo, literally "dandelion") 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.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Galbraith IV 2008, p. 346.