Sunday, May 10, 2020
The Ramen Girl (2008)
Synopsis
Abby, four years out of college, an aimless child
of privilege, comes to Tokyo to be with her boyfriend, who promptly
leaves for Osaka. She wants to stay in Tokyo in hopes he'll come back to
her, but she's miserable: she speaks little Japanese and has a dull job
as a law-firm gopher. She stumbles into the neighborhood ramen shop
operated by the aging master chef Maezumi and his wife Reiko. His soup
cheers Abby, so she decides to apprentice herself to him. He's
uninterested, she's insistent, so he shouts at her and gives her all the
cleaning to do. Weeks go by; she's persistent. Will he ever actually
teach her to cook? And if he does, will she bring the requisite spirit
to the job?
