The Ramen Girl
“Her romance is on pins and noodles.”
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.
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
Mio
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Grand Master
Takaki Uda
Akira
Daniel Evans
Charlie
Daigo Tanji
Taxi Driver
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Thane Camus
Wilson
Hako Ueno
Hanako
Masayuki Maekawa
Vendor
Yûya Ogawa
College Student
Tomoyuki Kuramoto
College Student
Nana
Young Woman at the Shrine
Shinji Suzuki
Goth Boy at the Shrine
Kosei Asami
Young Boy
Ken Toyama
Suzuki
Judai Ikeshita
Depressed Businessman
Sachiko Matsuura
Secretary
Tomiko Ishii
Megumi
Rei Okamoto
Midori
Nichita Tanabe
Harumi's Colleague
Ken Maeda
Harumi
Takahiro Hirano
Kuma
Takanobu Kaneko
Udagawa's Son
Yutaka Oda
Kendo Master
Songha
Ueno
Man Kato
Manager
- Director
- Robert Allan Ackerman
- Country
- Japan, United States
- Rating source
- TMDB
- Keywords
- #american abroad, #broken heart, #cooking, #culture shock, #expatriate, #family business, #fish out of water, #gaijin, #interracial romance, #japan, #japanese cuisine, #language barrier, #magic realism, #ramen, #restaurant, #restaurant owner, #teacher student relationship, #tokyo, japan, #western perspective
