The Ramen Girl

"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."

Cast

Brittany Murphy

as Abby

Tammy Blanchard

as Gretchen

Gabriel Mann

as Ethan

Toshiyuki Nishida

as Maezumi

Soji Arai

as Toshi Iwamoto

Kimiko Yo

as Reiko

Renji Ishibashi

as Udagawa

Akiko Monou

Yûya Ogawa

Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Grand Master

Takaki Uda

as Akira

Crew

Michael Eliasberg

Executive Producer

Carlo Siliotto

Original Music Composer

Robert Allan Ackerman

Producer

Becca Topol

Screenplay

Randy Dannenberg

Co-Producer

Rick Shaine

Editor

Yōko Narahashi

Producer

Philip Hall

Co-Producer

Cleve Landsberg

Executive Producer

Kimio Kataoka

Producer

Brittany Murphy

Producer

Masafumi Odawara

Executive Producer

Stewart Hall

Producer

Robert Allan Ackerman

Director

Dona Granata

Costume Designer

Tsutomu Imamura

Production Design

Victoria Thomas

Casting

Ed Licht

First Assistant Director

Mark A. Rozett

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Yōko Narahashi

Casting

Robert Ramos

Hairstylist

Jeffrey R. Clark

Steadicam Operator

Kelly Vandever

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Trip Brock

Supervising Sound Editor

Maya Hardinge

Makeup Artist

Takeshi Shin

Visual Effects Supervisor

Howard Paar

Music Supervisor

Carlo Siliotto

Music Director

Yoshitaka Sakamoto

Director of Photography