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.
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| Camera | Masaki Tamura | Director of Photography |
| Production | Yasushi Tamaoki | Producer |
| Production | Seigo Hosogoe | Producer |
| Writing | Jūzō Itami | Screenplay |
| Sound | Kunihiko Murai | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Jūzō Itami | Director |
| Production | Jūzō Itami | Producer |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Art | Takeo Kimura | Production Design |
| Sound | Masatoshi Saito | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Midori Konuma | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Kyōji Kōno | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emiko Kogô | Costume Design |
| Crew | Masatsugu Takase | Fight Choreographer |
| Production | Shigeru Sakurada | Casting |
| Production | Kosaburo Sasaoka | Casting |
| Art | Takeo Kimura | Art Direction |
| Art | Toshiharu Ochi | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Kazuki Shirayama | Assistant Director |
