Goro and Gun, two truck drivers, drop in at a deserted ramen noodle shop run by a widow, Tampopo. Their advice starts Tampopo's quest to make a perfect bowl of ramen.Tampopo (Dandelion) resembles Western films with a hero in a cowboy hat, a fight with some thugs and a man leaving a romance behind. It features bizarre and sensual stories that draw on vast culinary knowledge. Moreover, the film spurred a ramen boom in Japan at the time of its release and became a box-office success in the US.