The Ramen Girl
Her romance is on pins and noodles.
Country
Production
Budget
$3 200 000
Box office
$179 590
Director
Actors
Brittany Murphy, Tammy Blanchard, Gabriel Mann, Toshiyuki Nishida, Soji Arai, Kimiko Yo, Renji Ishibashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Takaki Uda
All actors and roles (9)
All actors and roles (9)
Scenario
Producer
Brittany Murphy, Stewart Hall, Kimio Kataoka, Robert Allan Ackerman, Yōko Narahashi, Masafumi Odawara, Cleve Landsberg, Michael Eliasberg
Camera operator
Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Composer
Carlo Siliotto
Artist
Tsutomu Imamura
Audition
Victoria Thomas, Yōko Narahashi
Editing
Rick Shaine
Whole Team (25)
Whole Team (25)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film became a notable milestone in how American cinema portrays Japanese popular culture. It was filmed in Japan with Japanese actors who spoke Japanese, not broken English (or English with an accent).
- A darker storyline was removed from the DVD version, in which Tammy Blanchard's character attempts to quit her job, then connects with a member of the Yakuza, and ultimately dies from a fall from a balcony.
- A darker storyline was removed from the DVD version, in which the character Tammy Blanchard tries to quit her job, then gets involved with a Yakuza member, and ends up dying after falling from a balcony.
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
