Comments on: the ramen girl trailer

By: edjusted

edjusted — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:17:39 +0000

Blonson: Thanks! I’ll add you to my links

Erin: Ah, so “Goro” *is* in it. I guess that’s what Rameniac meant about the Tampopo link. Very cool!

GregInVancouver: Yeah, one of the things that came to my mind when I saw the trailer was also “hmm…there’s a bit of ‘Lost in Translation’ in this story.”

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:54:54 +0000

by the way, the movie should be spelled THE LAMEN GIRL….ramen is incorrect spelling, the actual word, as spoken in Chinese and Japanese and English is pronounced with an L, as in LA MEN, but the Japanese mis-spelled it with an R, since they cannot say the L sound. But in fact, it HAS an L sound, not an R sound, so let’s correct it now. THE LAMEN GIRL. Stop imitating the Japanese who cannot spell correctly!

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:59:39 +0000

I suggested to Director Yamada of the Tora-san movies that he use Nishida as the next Tora-san after Atsumi Kiyoshi died in 1996. But the studio did not listen to me. I would LOVE to see more installments of the Tora-san series, with Nishida as the new Tora-san…..What do you think?

By: GregInVancouver

GregInVancouver — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:18:50 +0000

This movie looks like a combination of the following:

Lost In Translation: Foreigner stuck in a country she doesn’t understand +
Kamataki: Gets in touch with the Japanese culture by +
Tampopo: Learning the art of making ramen

Shio Chashu onegaishamisu!

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:22:03 +0000

Oh, actually, I think I kind of know what happened. Tsutomu Yamazaki (who played Goro) is listed as the “Grand Master” in The Ramen Girl’s IMDB page. Apparently I somehow (I’m still unclear on this bit) got the Grand Master character mixed up with the Maezumi character and substituted Yamazaki’s name for Nishida’s. Weird.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:16:52 +0000

Oops! I suppose I did my research wrong… hmm. I wonder how that happened. I guess I just wasn’t paying attention, eh? Anyway, like I said, I’ll reserve judgment until I see it, haha.

By: The Ramen Girl | Japan Probe

The Ramen Girl | Japan Probe — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:42:47 +0000

[...] to the Ramen Blog, this movie was filmed back in 2006 but has seen its delay released and might end up going straight [...]

By: Blonson

Blonson — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:30:59 +0000

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By: rameniac

rameniac — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:09:29 +0000

yea that article got it wrong. goro was tsutomu yamazaki… he is, like a father to me LOL

By: edjusted

edjusted — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:02:43 +0000

Brian: Yeah, I agree. And the tofugu article claims that Toshiyuki Nishida played Goro in Tampopo. Umm…no, he didn’t.

rameniac: I’m glad you liked it. It makes me look forward to the movie even more.