Tampopo (1985)

Jūzō Itami · 115 min · Letterboxd ↗

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, 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 satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.

Tampopo screens once in London: Prince Charles Cinema, Saturday 3 October at 12:15.