The Review of "The Ramen Girl”: A Life Lesson Movie

Recently, I have watched The Ramen Girl Movie. It is a romantic comedy-drama movie that depicts what happens when a person stranded in foreign country with unfamiliar culture. The film is manifold languages which are; English and Japanese. As the title of the film shows, the word Ramen signifies a Japanese dish that is generally served in a broth with noodles, vegetables and meat.

Abby is a young American women who has come to Tokyo to join her boyfriend Ethan. Being with him for a few days, she saw her boyfriend packing his bags and announced that he is travelling to Osaka; never expected but happened. Moreover, he repudiated to travel with him and told her, he may not come back soon. The adversity situation of Abby came to the stage, she has been stranded alone in one of Tokyo’s apartment. She was utterly dumped and downhearted. However, to find out an innovative direction of her life was the only way she could think of it.

A next day, she saw a Ramen shop near to her apartment; she decided to go there and get something to eat while a heavy rain was drenching, she has entered the shop and asked for to feast her. Unfortunately, one could not understand what she said or even speaks one word in English; she likewise, could not understand their language, this was strange!. She set on a chair and started tearing up as looking back on her solo life.

They (shop owners) felt soft-hearted and tried to arrange for her one broth, she noticed that the food was testing delicious and she decided to learn how to cook the dish so that she can serve her own customers. Apparently, she talked as a deaf requesting from the owner to hire her, after misunderstanding, eventually the owner accepted to work with him.

At the early morning of the next day, she came to the shop and has been ordered to clean the place and wash the dishes as well. Though, her boss was somehow rude person and always keen to observe her in every step that she is taking but Abby was incredible lady. She tried to figure out a new style of serving customers and attracting their eyes by decorating the shop’s wall with beautiful balloons.

Nevertheless, Abby has decided to make the Ramen dish after being shop cleaner for a quite while, she wished to teach her how to make the broth. The boss has approved as well and started teaching her for few minutes. Technically, she was not perfect with it at the first days. Her boss used to lose his temper whenever it smells imperfect and throw the food into the pin. However, Abby never give up for making the Ramen dish, she kept trying and trying until she became faultless for it. On the other side, her boyfriend remained incommunicado since he traveled to Osaka, even never answers his phone neither offers any feedback.

One night Abby hanged out with American friends, she met there Yoshi; who is a Japanese guy and speaks English fluently. After introduction, she shared with him her Ramen passion and he encouraged to become Ramen girl. Instantly, she started falling love with him because of his soundless way of behaving, and his side was the same. As they were dating for few days, Yoshi informed Abby that he is going to travel to Shanghai soon, this was another misfortune.  Abby tried to convince him to stay with her since they were dating for the last few weeks but Yoshi refused that and told her it is compulsory to travel whenever the Japanese companies transferred him to another place. Eventually, she decided to let him go, she lost her hope again.

In long story short, Abby remained alone and continued making the Ramen; finally, she used her own secrets and ingredients for the dish that made the people considering her broth very much. Ultimately, the boss informed her she is a successful Ramen girl, she has been authorized to open her own shop, and the shop has been named “The Ramen Girl”. Along with this, the unexpected Yoshi came back as he resigned the company to achieve his musician passion and join with Abby’s life.

The life lesson in this movie is that; no matter what barriers and blockages you are being subjected to, always try to heal, take resilience and find out your own ways of the life journey. Even if, all people leave you behind and you have got mountains of failure still you have this inexpensive gift; that is the life, hence, come up with innovative ways to get out the difficult situation. Be conscious that, we are all responsible for our feelings and we cannot blame someone else for our feeling’s consequence, everything we do is an expression of who we are. Therefore, given up of the life could not be an option but trying to heal should be. Do not create yourself moments of regression rather take your brilliant time to figure out your life journey.