 | The Ramen Girl | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Genres:ComedyDrama Romance | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 he'll come back to her, but she's 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. He's uninterested, she's insistent, so he shouts at her and gives her all the cleaning to do. Weeks go by; she's persistent. Will he ever actually teach her to cook? And if he does, will she bring the requisite spirit to the job?Cast:
 Brittany Murphy Abby |  Toshiyuki Nishida Maezumi |  Soji Arai Toshi Iwamoto (as Sohee Park) |  Kimiko Yo Reiko |  Daniel Evans Charlie |
 Renji Ishibashi Udagawa |  Gabriel Mann Ethan |  Tammy Blanchard Gretchan |  Daigo Tanji Taxi Driver |  Thane Camus Wilson |
 Hako Ueno Hanako |  Masayuki Maekawa Vendor |  Yûya Ogawa College Student (as Yuya Ogawa) | Tomoyuki Kuramoto College Student | Yuta Young Man at the Shrine |
| NaNa Young Woman at the Shrine |  Shinji Suzuki Goth Boy at the Shrine |  Kosei Asami Young Boy | Ken Toyama Suzuki |  Jûdai Ikeshita Depressed Businessman |
 Sachiko Matsuura Secretary |  Tomiko Ishii Megumi |  Rei Okamoto Midori |  Nichita Tanabe Harumi's Colleague (as Nitta Tanabe) |  Ken Maeda Harumi |
 Takaki Uda Akira | Takahiro Hirano Kuma | Takanobu Kaneko Udagawa's Son |  Yutaka Oda Kendo Master | Sonha Chô Ueno |
 Man Kato Manager |  Kazuya Takahashi Male Singer |  Takako Ogasawara Elf #1 |  Mai Ishikawa Elf #2 |  Kaori Momoi Mamasan (scenes deleted) |
 Akiko Monô Mio |  Masayoshi Haneda Yuki (as Masayoshi Hanada) |  Masayoshi Nogami Merchant 1 |  Hideki Kurauchi Merchant 2 |  Shû Nakajima Merchant 3 (as Shu Nakajima) |
| Ruru Furuya Twin Babies - Emiko (as Ruru) (as Mimi Furuya) | Mimi Furuya Twin Babies - Aiko (as Ruru) (as Mimi Furuya) |  Naoki Saitô Kenichi (scenes deleted) (as Naoki Saito) | Hisako Ôkata Maezumi's Mother |  Tsutomu Yamazaki Grand Master |
 Haruki Kobayashi Jin | Tiffany Martin NY Young Female Cook |  Sonya Inge NY Waitress |  Justin Berti NY Waiter |  Jorge Diaz Rodriguez Latino Customer |
| Dona Granata Female Customer |  Maria Abe Asami |  Qyoko Kudo Mother in Metro (as Ben) |  Natsuki Kunimoto |  Michael Naishtut N.Y. customer |
 Edward L. Papazian N.Y. customer |  Daisuke Takahashi Tom | Hajime Inoue Tak (uncredited) |  Shôichirô Masumoto (uncredited) | Kazumi Nakamura (voice) (uncredited) |
