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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.
Language
Budget$3,200,000
Revenue $179,590
日本語,
English
Budget$3,200,000
Revenue $179,590
Keywords
japan
cooking
language barrier
restaurant
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
Casts
Brittany Murphy
Abby
Tammy Blanchard
Gretchen
Gabriel Mann
Ethan
Toshiyuki Nishida
Maezumi
Soji Arai
Toshi Iwamoto
Kimiko Yo
Reiko
Renji Ishibashi
Udagawa
Akiko Monou
Yûya Ogawa
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Grand Master
Takaki Uda
Akira
Crews
Becca Topol
Screenplay
Carlo Siliotto
Original Music Composer
Rick Shaine
Editor
Robert Allan Ackerman
Producer
Randy Dannenberg
Co-Producer
Michael Eliasberg
Executive Producer
Philip Hall
Co-Producer
Stewart Hall
Producer
Kimio Kataoka
Producer
Cleve Landsberg
Executive Producer
Brittany Murphy
Producer
Yōko Narahashi
Producer
Masafumi Odawara
Executive Producer
Robert Allan Ackerman
Director
Dona Granata
Costume Designer
Tsutomu Imamura
Production Design
Robert Ramos
Hairstylist
Maya Hardinge
Makeup Artist
Ed Licht
First Assistant Director
Kelly Vandever
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jeffrey R. Clark
Steadicam Operator
Trip Brock
Supervising Sound Editor
Mark A. Rozett
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Howard Paar
Music Supervisor
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Yōko Narahashi
Casting
Takeshi Shin
Visual Effects Supervisor
Carlo Siliotto
Music Director
Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Director of Photography
Backdrops & Posters
