The Ramen Girl (2008)

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.

• american abroad
• american girl
• broken heart
• cooking
• culture shock
• emotional
• expatriate
• family business
• fish out of water
• gaijin
• interracial romance
• japan
• japanese cuisine
• japanese culture
• language barrier
• magical realism
• ramen
• restaurant
• restaurant owner
• teacher student relationship
• tokyo
• western perspective