The Ramen Girl

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Actors: Brittany Murphy , Gabriel Mann , Tammy Blanchard , Renji Ishibashi , Daniel Evans , Thane Camus , Kimiko Yo , Daisuke Takahashi , Haruki Kobayashi , Kosei Asami , Daigo Tanji , Sohee Park , Maria Abe , Toshiyuki Nishida , Akiko Monou

Director: Robert Allan Ackerman

IMDB Rate: 5.9 out of 10 (1315 votes)

Plot Summary:Abby, four years out of college, an aimless child of privilege, comes to Tokyo to be with her boyfriend, who promptly leaves for Osaka. She wants to stay in Tokyo in hopes hell come back to her, but shes miserable she speaks little Japanese and has a dull job as a law-firm gopher. She stumbles into the neighborhood ramen shop operated by the aging master chef Maezumi and his wife Reiko. His soup cheers Abby, so she decides to apprentice herself to him. Hes uninterested, shes insistent, so he shouts at her and gives her all the cleaning to do. Weeks go by shes persistent. Will he ever actually teach her to cook? And if he does, will she bring the requisite spirit to the job?