Love and noodle soup. The question of how to make both perfectly occupies Tampopo and the truck driver Goro. With cunning and guile, they uncover the secrets of cooking noodle soup from other master chefs. Tampopo's task is to find out how to make the best noodles, with which water, and with which ingredients. Tampopo's spies are everywhere. The film consists of numerous short stories. In the end, at any rate, customers are queuing outside Tampopo's soup kitchen. This 1985 episodic film ostensibly deals with food and its presentation, but is clearly more profound, as it also touches on love and death and the eternal cycle of life. "Tampopo" is an unusually lighthearted film that demands not only the joy of watching but also the joy of eating. It portrays a culture with all its little eccentricities, yet in doing so, it merely offers a glimpse into our own culture. For although dishes may vary worldwide, the system by which we all live remains the same. "Tampopo" is a clever genre mix, borrowing from many cinematic styles such as gangster, erotic, and western films, and creating a cohesive whole. In short: a true gem. New product