The Ramen Girl
Her romance is on pins and noodles.
2008 | 102m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Robert Allan Ackerman |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Becca Topol |
| Staring: |
| An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 08, 2008 |
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| Director: | Robert Allan Ackerman |
| Writer: | Becca Topol |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | cooking, restaurant owner, fish out of water, american abroad, magic realism, culture shock, japan, restaurant, interracial romance, gaijin, expatriate, western perspective, japanese cuisine, language barrier, family business , tokyo, japan, teacher student relationship, broken heart, ramen |
| Production Companies | Media 8 Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $179,590
Budget: $3,200,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Carlo Siliotto | Original Music Composer, Music Director |
| Victoria Thomas | Casting |
| Robert Allan Ackerman | Director |
| Dona Granata | Costume Designer |
| Yōko Narahashi | Casting |
| Tsutomu Imamura | Production Design |
| Ed Licht | First Assistant Director |
| Trip Brock | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Yoshitaka Sakamoto | Director of Photography |
| Maya Hardinge | Makeup Artist |
| Jeffrey R. Clark | Steadicam Operator |
| Howard Paar | Music Supervisor |
| Takeshi Shin | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Becca Topol | Screenplay |
| Robert Ramos | Hairstylist |
| Kelly Vandever | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mark A. Rozett | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Rick Shaine | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Yōko Narahashi | Producer |
| Robert Allan Ackerman | Producer |
| Brittany Murphy | Producer |
| Michael Eliasberg | Executive Producer |
| Kimio Kataoka | Producer |
| Randy Dannenberg | Co-Producer |
| Stewart Hall | Producer |
| Philip Hall | Co-Producer |
| Cleve Landsberg | Executive Producer |
| Masafumi Odawara | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 584 | 813 |