Tampopo

Tampopo
Theatrical re-release poster
Directed by	Juzo Itami
Screenplay by	Juzo Itami
Produced by	Juzo Itami Yasushi Tamaoki Seigo Hosogoe[1]
Starring	Tsutomu Yamazaki Nobuko Miyamoto Kōji Yakusho Ken Watanabe Rikiya Yasuoka
Cinematography	Masaki Tamura[1]
Edited by	Akira Suzuki[1]
Music by	Kunihiko Murai[1]
Production companies	Itami Productions New Century Producers[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	November 23, 1985 (1985-11-23) (Japan)
Running time	115 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Tampopo (タンポポ, Tanpopo, literally "dandelion") is a 1985 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami, and starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kōji Yakusho, and Ken Watanabe. The publicity for the film calls it the first "ramen Western", a play on the term spaghetti Western.