The Ramen Girl (2008)

Japanese Movie.

Abandoned by her boyfriend after following him to Tokyo, an American slacker adrift in a foreign culture witnesses the healing power of food and determines to become a ramen chef. When Abby (Brittany Murphy) arrived in Tokyo, she assumed she was starting a new life with her boyfriend. But that future fades when Abby's boyfriend disappears, leaving her to fend for herself in a city she doesn't understand. In desperate need of a little consolation, the floundering American begins frequenting her neighborhood ramen shop. She feels comfortable there, and recognizes how happy food can make people by the radiant smiles...
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on the customer's faces. Convinced that her true calling is to become a ramen chef, Abby eventually persuades the restaurant's temperamental, tyrannical Japanese chef to become her mentor in the art of making ramen. Though at first their relationship is almost unbearably contentious, the master and his student eventually find a common ground when Abby realizes that the secret ingredient to true ramen is a universe of feeling.
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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 noodle chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.

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Een jonge Amerikaanse vrouw leeft met haar vriend in Tokio, maar nadat hij de relatie beëindigt zit ze alleen in deze vreemde wereldstad. Ze besluit in Tokio te blijven en er richting in haar leven te zoeken. Vervolgens solliciteert ze bij een noedelrestaurantje dat gerechten aan de straat verkoopt door een raam. Daar leert ze de kunst van het bereiden van de gerechten onder een tirannieke Japanse meesterkok.

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