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The Ramen Girl

"Her romance is on pins and noodles."

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PG-13 2009 · 1h 42m
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring Brittany Murphy · Tammy Blanchard · Gabriel Mann
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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.

DVD / Blu-ray
May 26, 2009
Box Office
$180K
Budget
$3.2M
Return
0.1x
Director
Robert Allan Ackerman
Writer
Becca Topol
Producers
Robert Allan Ackerman, Michael Eliasberg, Kimio Kataoka
Music
Carlo Siliotto
Studio
Media 8 Entertainment
Keywords
japan cooking restaurant language barrier restaurant owner family business interracial romance fish out of water tokyo, japan gaijin american abroad teacher student relationship expatriate magic realism broken heart western perspective culture shock ramen japanese cuisine
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Cast

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B
Brittany Murphy
Abby
T
Tammy Blanchard
Gretchen
G
Gabriel Mann
Ethan
T
Toshiyuki Nishida
Maezumi
S
Soji Arai
Toshi Iwamoto
K
Kimiko Yo
Reiko
R
Renji Ishibashi
Udagawa
A
Akiko Monou
Mio
T
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Grand Master
T
Takaki Uda
Akira
D
Daniel Evans
Charlie
T
Thane Camus
Wilson
H
Hako Ueno
Hanako
Y
Yûya Ogawa
College Student
N
Nana
Young Woman at the Shrine
S
Shinji Suzuki
Goth Boy at the Shrine
S
Sachiko Matsuura
Secretary
T
Tomiko Ishii
Megumi
R
Rei Okamoto
Midori
N
Nichita Tanabe
Harumi's Colleague

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