Storyline

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro, who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect noodle soup restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food, to an old woman who terrorizes a shopkeeper by compulsively squeezing his wares.

Plot Keywords

waitress, breasts, nudity, breast feeding, fainting, voyeurism, panties, bra, sexuality, sensuality, train, bathtub, food, breaking the fourth wall, long take, yakuza, spaghetti, mother son relationship, symbolism, applause

Short Review

So you're watching all this amazing food being consumed, you're getting hungrier and hungrier and you're laughing harder and harder.

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