Tampopo

A Japanese classic, this humorous self-described "noodle western" wraps numerous foodie vignettes around a tale about a rundown ramen store looking to revive itself.

A pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop 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". Interspersed are vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.

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