Food is the theme throughout this eccentric 1986 Japanese film written and directed by Juzo Itami. A humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about Goro, a trucker who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo, a widowed noodle chef. Together they set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food, to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares.