The Ramen Girl is a poorly written film that relies on cliché, stereotype, and laziness on the part of not only the writers and director, but of the audience as well. I am surprised they didn't fit in an onsen scene to boot.
The scene of becoming emotionally overcome at tasting Abby's ramen is a blatant ripoff from the great 1960s film Tampopo, and it made me angry at such intellectual theft. It is also hard to imagine that someone who graduated Phi Beta Kappa, as Abby claims, would be so clueless regarding manners, customs, and social expectations expressed in Japanese life and business.
You won't learn anything about ramen or Japan from watching this movie.
The scene of becoming emotionally overcome at tasting Abby's ramen is a blatant ripoff from the great 1960s film Tampopo, and it made me angry at such intellectual theft. It is also hard to imagine that someone who graduated Phi Beta Kappa, as Abby claims, would be so clueless regarding manners, customs, and social expectations expressed in Japanese life and business.
You won't learn anything about ramen or Japan from watching this movie.