Ramen Shop

(2018)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 121 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2018

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: France, Japan

Director: Eric Khoo

Cast: 斎藤工, 松田聖子, 欧萱, 伊原剛志, Mark Lee, 別所哲也, Beatrice Chien, Gisele Chiam, Keisuke Takeda

Plot

Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother's journal after the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he takes it with him to her native country, Singapore, hoping to piece together the story of his family and his life.

A young man in Japan cooks ramen in his dad's popular restaurant. When his dad dies and he sees a video on Singapore food on internet, he decides to visit the woman, who uploaded the video. His dead mom was from Singapore and he lived there till he was ten. He looks for his mom's brother, who still has a restaurant. They bond by cooking together. He learns to cook Chinese food and gets inspiration for the restaurant back home.