Akio Tanaka was born in 1926. He was an actor, known for Tampopo (1985), Jigoku no saiten (1963) and Escape Into Terror (1963). He died on 19 January 2003 in Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan.
A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
