“Her romance is on pins and noodles.”
The Ramen Girl
6.5
372 votes·2008
·1h 42m
·MovieRomanceComedyDrama
Overview
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.1x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Significant financial loss
Keywords
japancookinglanguage barrierrestaurantrestaurant ownerfamily business interracial romancefish out of watertokyo, japangaijinamerican abroadteacher student relationship
Cast
Brittany Murphy
Abby
Tammy Blanchard
Gretchen
Gabriel Mann
Ethan
Toshiyuki Nishida
Maezumi
Soji Arai
Toshi Iwamoto
Kimiko Yo
Reiko
Renji Ishibashi
Udagawa
Akiko Monou
Yûya Ogawa
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Grand Master
Takaki Uda
Akira
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