The Ramen Girl

Titolo originale: The Ramen Girl
Regia: Robert Allan Ackerman |
Anno: 2008
Origine: Japan | United States of America |
Generi: Romance Commedia Dramma
Tag: 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 |
Cast: Brittany Murphy | Tammy Blanchard | Gabriel Mann | Toshiyuki Nishida | Soji Arai | Kimiko Yo | Renji Ishibashi | Akiko Monou | Yûya Ogawa | Tsutomu Yamazaki | Takaki Uda |

Abby, studentessa americana fuori corso, arriva a Tokyo per stare accanto al suo fidanzato, che prontamente parte alla volta di Osaka. Lei però non lo segue, nella speranza che il ragazzo si ravveda e ritorni di sua volontà. Intanto è costretta a scontrarsi col suo pessimo giapponese e con qualche lavoretto di fortuna. Affascinata dal negozio di ramen sotto casa, Abby decide di imparare l'arte della cucina dallo chef Maezumi e da sua moglie Reiko. Purtroppo il lavoro non è quel che pensava, e il suo primo compito è fare le pulizie. Nella speranza di apprendere la preparazione dei ramen, Abby persiste, ma Maezumi non pare intenzionato a farla crescere professionalmente...

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In several scenes, people are seen taking their shoes off before entering a house. This is a Japanes [...] D
Anthony Bourdain found sheer autobiographical parallels with the film and the life of David Chang, i [...] D
The film marked a milestone in the evolution of American depictions of Japan in popular culture. It [...] D
On the set of the film, Brittany Murphy nervously told director Robert Allan Ackerman that she had o [...] D
Brittany Murphy and Gabriel Mann have both starred in Cherry Falls (2000). D
Based on the deleted scenes in the DVD release's special features, the film contains a darker storyl [...] D
The film contains three moments of fantasy, two of which are in the theatrical film and one having b [...] D
An additional plotline deleted from the theatrical release expanded upon Daniel Evans' character, Ch [...] D
Brittany Murphy admitted in an interview that "even the title is going to confuse some people who do [...] D
During filming for The Ramen Girl (2008), Brittany Murphy phoned British screenwriter Simon Monjack [...] D
Many of the film's deleted scenes contain dialogue with explicit language, which would have pushed t [...] D
The shooting for the film was particularly difficult for Brittany Murphy, as she at times arrived ho [...] D
The Grand Master in this film was played by Tsutomu Yamasaki, the same actor who starred as Goro in [...] D
There is a restaurant in El Cajon, California called "The Ramen Girl," and it pays tribute to the fi [...] D

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