The Ramen Girl

Feb 8, 2008

1h 42m

★ 6.5

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.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Media 8 Entertainment

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Cast

Abby

Brittany Murphy

Gretchen

Tammy Blanchard

Ethan

Gabriel Mann

Maezumi

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshi Iwamoto

Soji Arai

Reiko

Kimiko Yo

Udagawa

Renji Ishibashi

Akiko Monou

Yûya Ogawa

Grand Master

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Akira

Takaki Uda

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