Tampopo: Soup’s On!

On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are slurping up a new, delicious movie. We watched the 1985 film from Jūzō Itami, Tampopo.

Is there anything more warming, more lovely than a steaming bowl of ramen prepared with expert care and placed with quiet pride in front of your salivating mouth? If there is, then I don’t know what it could be.

What I do know is that this “noodle western” is a joyous good time. Trust me, if you want to be delighted (or just want motivation to chow down on a heap of noodles), then this is the one for you.

(Recorded on September 11, 2025)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Tampopo - The Movie Database (TMDB)

Tampopo trailer - YouTube

Nobuko Miyamoto — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Tsutomu Yamazaki — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Ken Watanabe — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Kōji Hashimoto — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Juzo Itami - Wikipedia

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:14 Movie Discussion
• 39:17 Trivia
• 41:49 Recommendations
• 43:31 Outro