Tampopo

Tampopo (タンポポ or 蒲公英 which translate to "dandelion") is a 1985 Japanese comedy film by director Itami Juzo, starring Yamazaki Tsutomu, Miyamoto Nobuko and Watanabe Ken. The publicity for the film calls it "the first 'noodle western,'" a play on the "Spaghetti Westerns"--Western films made in Italy.

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Tampopo begins when two truck drivers, one young and one experienced, happen onto a decrepit roadside fast food stop selling ramen. The business is not doing too well, and after getting involved in a fight, the heroes decide to help the young lady owner Tampopo to turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle soup making".

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Comedy film: A comedy film is a film laced with humor or that may seek to provoke laughter from the audience. Along with drama, horror and science fiction, comedy is one of the largest genres of the medium....