Movie Settings Database

Tampopo

Where:

Tokyo Prefecture

When:

The 1980s

The first Japanese Noodle Western. — A pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside fast food stop 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".

Released in 1985 — 115 minutes

Genre:

Comedy

Language:

Japanese