The Ramen Girl (2008)

Name: The Ramen Girl
Director: Robert Allan Ackerman
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2008
Duration: 102 min

"Her romance is on pins and noodles."

ThumbScore

👍 68%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.

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Director

Robert Allan Ackerman

Runtime

1h 42m

Country

Japan, United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.5/10 (388 votes)

Cast

Brittany Murphy as Abby · 71% avg

Tammy Blanchard as Gretchen · 67% avg

Gabriel Mann as Ethan · 71% avg

Toshiyuki Nishida as Maezumi

Soji Arai as Toshi Iwamoto

Kimiko Yo as Reiko

Renji Ishibashi as Udagawa · 76% avg

Akiko Monou as Mio

Is The Ramen Girl good?

It's divisive. 68% audience score, estimated from 388 TMDB ratings.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗