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23 October 2008 (Russia) moreTagline:
In food as in life, sometimes the missing ingredient is love.Plot:
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a rāmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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New to DVD - May 26th - June 2nd (From SoundOnSight. 26 May 2009, 11:27 PM, PDT)
This Week on DVD: Killshot, The Sky Crawlers, Harlan Ellison: Dreams of Sharp Teeth
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ignore the user votes, this movie was actually fun to watch moreCast
(Credited cast)| Brittany Murphy | ... | Abby | |
| Toshiyuki Nishida | ... | Maezumi | |
| Tammy Blanchard | ... | Gretchen | |
| Sohee Park | ... | Toshi Iwamoto | |
| Kimiko Yo | ... | Reiko | |
| Renji Ishibashi | ... | Udagawa | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Maria Abe | ... | Asami | |
| Justin Berti | ... | N. Y. Waiter | |
| Daniel Evans | ... | Charlie | |
| Masayoshi Haneda | ... | Yuki | |
| Judai Ikeshita | ... | Depressed Businessman | |
| Sonya Inge | ... | N.Y. Waitress | |
| Hajime Inoue | ... | Tak | |
| Mai Ishikawa | ... | Elf #2 | |
| Takanobu Kaneko | ... | Udagawa's Son | |
| Man Kato | ... | Office Manager | |
| Tomoyuki Kuramoto | ... | College Student #2 | |
| Hideki Kurauchi | ... | Merchant #1 | |
| Ken Maeda | ... | Harumi | |
| Ken Maeda | ... | Harumi | |
| Masayuki Maekawa | ... | Street Vendor | |
| Gabriel Mann | ... | Ethan | |
| Tiffany Martin | ... | Assistant Cook | |
| Shôichirô Masumoto | |||
| Kaori Momoi | ... | Mama-san | |
| Akiko Monou | ... | Mio | |
| Shu Nakajima | ... | Merchant #3 | |
| Kazumi Nakamura | ... | (voice) | |
| Masayoshi Nogami | ... | Merchant #2 | |
| Yutaka Oda | ... | Kendo Master | |
| Takako Ogasawara | ... | Elf #1 | |
| Yuya Ogawa | ... | College Student #1 | |
| Hikari Okada | ... | Maezumi's Mother | |
| Rei Okamoto | ... | Midori | |
| Edward L. Papazian | ... | N.Y. customer | |
| Naoki Saito | ... | Kenichi | |
| Cho Sonha | ... | Ueno | |
| Shinji Suzuki | ... | Temple Angel | |
| Daisuke Takahashi | ... | Tomu | |
| Kazuya Takahashi | ... | Street Entertainer | |
| Nitta Tanabe | ... | Harumi's Colleague | |
| Justin Tyler | ... | Restaurant Goer | |
| Takaki Uda | ... | Akira | |
| Hako Ueno | ... | Hanako | |
| Tsutomu Yamazaki | ... | Grand Master | |
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Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.Parents Guide:
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I gave this movie a fair 7/10. I would ignore the nonsensical 1/10 and 10/10 ratings and give it a fair shake if you're into Japanese food and culture. I was pretty surprised at how they portrayed Japanese culture...not totally accurate, but not a travesty either. I also wouldn't consider this to be a remake of Tampopo -- totally different characters and story lines. But it was fun seeing the main cowboy hat-wearing guy from Tampopo doing a small role as the ramen grand master. His expressions and eating reactions were hilarious! The filmmakers obviously have a love of japan and its culture, and I can feel their sincerity in sharing this joy through this movie. This movie isn't perfect by a longshot (the whole subplot with the British guy and the southern girl was useless and irritating), but there were some genuinely fun and funny moments. Keep your expectations in check and just enjoy the movie for what it is.