A rollickingly funny Japanese film in which sex and eating are not clearly separated in a tale about a western character who attempts to save the restaurant of a woman named Tampopo and make her son a man. When two truck drivers help a widow with her noodle shop, its just the launch-pad for Juzo Ita mis utterly original, utterly unforgettable collision of yakuza film, Western and slapstick comedy which veers from one crazy food and sex obsessed scenario to the next! A highly sought after Japanese cult classic, long out of print in Australia.