Yeah. That's right.
Something colorful and impact.
streaming video.
Okay, good.
Of course I can do that.
See you then.
It is closed.
The ramen is finished.
Go to house.
Why does she remain?
It is OK. Have a seatÉ
What happened? Some problem?
Who the devil knows?
I suppose she is hungry.
Is she injured?
Do you think she needs to go to the hospital?
Perhaps she will go away after she eats.
Do the foreigners eat spring onion?
They must eat spinach.
Popeye loves spinach.
Eat.
Eat, eat small girl.
What did she say?
No idea. She is a lunatic.
Eat, please.
- She is crazy. - Eat.
Look. She drank the whole broth.
Ramen.
No, you donÕt need to pay.
Yes, it is okay.
Wait a minute.
Thanks a lot.
Please, return again.
Straight ahead.
Sorry to keep you waiting. This way, please.
- Thanks. - Thanks a lot.
Straight ahead.
Oh,you did not have to.
Please, sit down.
The ramen service is finished. I'm sorry.
Sorry, Sold out.
Go home.
What?
I think she wants to help.
Take a seat, please.
What do I do?
Okay... take this to the two ladies over there.
Thanks.
You're welcome.
She hears that.
She speaks Japanese well.
What is up?
Welcome.
You're too late. We're sold out.
Sorry.
I knew it.
Bad luck follows me.
That girl: is she new?
Tonight it's the International House of the Ramen.
She's so cute.
She's probably married.
Why don't you ask her?
Are you kidding?
He's middle-agedÉ
... He has a big gut and doesn't speak English. Why would she be interested in him?
I should have studied more English in high school.
It is late. She should go away.
Is she still here?
What the hell ?
Is she crazy?
Hey girlie, go home
For the Japanese it is bedtime.
No.
I do not understand a word of what you say.
Go home.
Who are you? The typhoon girl?
I told you to go home
Teacher.
Teacher?
Me? Teach you ?
Teacher.
Teacher?
Are you crazy?
We have enough lunatics in this ramen shop; we don't need another one.
- What is she saying? - How should I know?
I believe that she wants you to be her teacher.
No, do not cry. Do not cry.
Whenever you come here, something strange happens.
It is well. You return tomorrow.
Tomorrow.
At five o'clock.
Why do you strike your hand against mine?
At five o'clock in the morning.
Do you understand?
At five o'clock in the morning.
Tomorrow in the morning...
In the morning.
- At 5:00 a.m.
- I have to go to sleep.
You also have to sleep.
- All go to sleep.
Already keep silent. Perhaps you never stop speaking?
Who is this devil girl?
What the devil are you doing here?
YouÕre 15 minutes late.
- Idiot.
Clean.
Why the hell do you walk in to my house with shoes?
Take them off.
What happened to you?
Stupid and ignorant girl.
What's going on down there?
She is the lunatic. She came back.
What do you call that?
In Japanese, it is called ÔdirtyÕ.
It is not clean enough.
Clean.
Give me that.
Clean like this.
I will do it.
What are you afraid of?
There are germs inside.
Clean inside the bowl.
In the bowl.
Inside, more in the bowl.
Come here, small girl.
So now she works here?
I wonder it myself.
She will last not even three days with this tyrant.
How terrible, the poor little girl.
Do you think she could teach me English?
Why would she be interested in someone like you?
I am afraid that my husband will keep her quite busy.
Sure.
I imagined it.
I cannot do it.
Pathetic. LetÕs go, Casanova.
Thank you, good night.
Reiko, stop.
The lunatic will do it.
It is okay.
What do you think that you are doing?
Look.
You should let her go home.
Did you see what she looks like? She's a mess.
She was already a mess when she came here.
Pay attention to what you're doing.
Mommy.. I want to go home to America.
Do not touch the broth.
Listen!
Touch it again and I kill you, do you understand?
Clean. That is your job.
How many times do I have to tell you...
... don't throw dirty water in this sink?
I told you a hundred times.
Idiot. Messing with the broth.
Stop it!
Stop making so much noise.
Grow up first.
Understand this...
... I am the teacher.
You are the student.
I will decide when you will cook ramen.
You came to me.
I didn't go out and found you.
Wait a minute.
Here.
Clean, see?
You do not listen to anything of what I am saying to you.
wait a minute.
I'm trying to tell something to you.
Sorry.
I want...
... to be your student.
Telephone.
take these...
... to the two old ladies who never go home.
Please.
Thanks.
She is lucky. She has long legs.
Abby...
Money.
Your first month's salary. Please go.
Holidays.
Where is that lazy girl ?
Is she in the shop?
What is she doing?
- Just go
Hey..
... do you believe this girl is studying to be a ramen chef ?
Ramen?
Does she have a Japanese boyfriend?
She just got dumped.
But if you want to get laid... try the redhead.
You are really studying ramen?
WowÉ
That is awesome.
I lived in Los Angeles for one year when I was a college student.
These are my colleagues Akira...
I am Akira.
And Kuma.
Call me Kuma.
- I am Abby. - Abby.
- Charlie. - Gretchen.
Toshi.
Ramen.
Protection.
Toshi Iwamoto.
Good morning, Maezumi.
Good morning.
Do you remember my son?
Hello.
He is proceeding very well in his training.
Very soon the Big Teacher will give him his blessing.
And I will have a successor.
Ah, Maezumi...
... give my greetings to your wife.
Bastard.
A bowl of ramen is a self-contained universe...
... with life from the sea,
... the mountains and the earth.
All co-existing in perfect harmony.
The harmony is essential.
What holds it together...
... is the broth.
The broth...
... gives life to the ramen.
Understand?
With that in mind, observe the ramen.
Why are you looking at me? Look at the ramen.
What are you? Idiot?
I know the problem.
Your forehead is too small.
A small forehead means a small brain...
... Like a monkeyÕs.
You should be swinging from a tree screaming, ''kay kay kayÕÕ,
... screaming like a monkey.
If you just look at the ramen you'll feel it.
Listen! Listen! Stop thinking about words.
Use your heart!
The hell with this book.
Crazy? I understand the word ÒcrazyÓ.
I know what ÒcrazyÓ means.
Monkey brain.
Are you going to hire an interpreter before we all go crazy?
She does not need one.
She is completely frustrated.
But it is not from misunderstanding.
She understands everything I say...
... but she is so stubborn...
... and is so defensive that she does not realize that she understands.
Of what speech?
She understands not even a word of what you say to her.
It is simple. To learn to cook ramen is simple.
It is well...
... they can kill themselves one to other.
Omoshiroi. Interesting.
We do not celebrate Christmas.
But Shintaro always liked.
We would buy a small tree for him.
What is all this bullshit?
Behave. Abby-san wanted to decorate.
It looks like Disneyland.
It is not so bad; perhaps itÕll help her feel more at home.
If she wants to feel at home, she can return to America.
Yankee, go home!
What is this?
This is not McDonalds.
Beautiful?
Are you crazy?
It is an adornment...
... all this bullshit that you hung will break down the walls.
I do not want to interfere...
... but when someone gives you a gift, you should accept it politely.
Wow!
What is this?
The decorations look great.
We closed already.
I did not come for the ramen.
Why then?
I have a humble gift.
Merry Christmas.
Arigato. (Thank you)
Arigato.
What is she doing?
Whenever she comes it is a foul-up.
Who is it?
She works for the Teacher Maezumi.
He is preparing her so that she will be a ramen chef.
Did he go completely mad?
Hear...
... I bet that she makes an old man feel like a young man.
I bet that he makes her scream and shout.
Hello to all.
It seems that you are amusing yourselves.
Ah, Maezumi.
You are the one that laughs at us...
teaching a blonde to make ramen.
What she does is not your matter.
You are a shame!
The big Teacher gave to you your blessing.
What do you believe he would say of this?
He would say:
Oh, Maezumi, I will bless the ramen of your student.
The family Maezumi in the sky would get his blessing:
Ramen, cha, cha, cha! Maezumi, cha, cha, cha!
You stink, it is not even midday and you are already drunk.
If I had known that I would view you, I would have drunk more.
Sure.
The teacher will come in two months to test the ramen of my son...
... and to give him his blessing.
- Hello. - Hello.
While the big Teacher is here...
... why not you give him the pleasure...
... of trying also the ramen of the blonde?
It would be interesting to view the celestial blessing with your Ôcha, cha, chaÕ.
I would like seeing that.
The big teacher will prove the broth of this girl...
... and he will give him your blessing.
Really? Do you believe it?
If it is not the case
... I will stop cooking ramen.
# It is true, I swear it. #
Abby, look.
Look at the broth.
Chicken...
Pig bones.
Stop using your head.
Feel it.
Feel it in your body.
I do not understand, do not understand...
You look like a streaky disk.
It stops doing the mass.
Sensei...
What?
Photo.
Photos.
What bullshit do you say now?
Who do you think you are?
Have you been spying on me?
Your work is to clean the bath.
I will break your head.
He knew that we all would go crazy.
This boy in the photos; he is Shintaro, our son.
He sent me this scarf.
My husband has not spoken to him in five years.
It lacks spirit.
I will miss you.
... spirit.
Are you at home?
Are you here?
Where...
Mother...
... I need your help.
Her broth is bland.
I wonder why.
She handles the skill with perfection.
But sometimes to have skill can interfere.
You cook with your head.
Do you understand?
Your head...
... it is full of noise.
You must learn...
... to cook from a place much calmer...
... much at the bottom of you.
But how?
Every bowl of ramen that you prepare...
... it is a gift for your client.
The meal that you serve to your clients...
... part of them turns.
It contains your spirit.
That's why your ramen has to be an expression of pure love.
A gift...
... of your heart.
Do you understand?
Mother...
Thank you very much.
It starts with putting your tears in your broth.
Good evening.
Abby's ramen.
It is a test.
Thanks.
Eat.
Thanks.
Thanks a lot.
The noodles are good.
Very good.
They liked the noodles.
What do they say about the broth?
We will seeÉ
Not bad at all.
Yes, not bad at all, really.
Not bad at all.
I wonder...
... if one day I will marry.
I doubt it.
I do not want to spend the rest of my life alone.
What the devil happened to you?
I miss my village in Okinawa.
What happened to you two?
Did they go crazy?
Poochie...
... why did you have to die?
He was like a son for me.
Poor puppy.
My husband...
... has not touched me, not even a hair...
... in 15 years.
What the devil is going on here?
TheyÕve tried a little of Abby's ramen.
I did not take the broth.
Big Teacher...
Welcome.
Be careful.
Big Teacher...
Please.
It looks good, like it is perfect.
But what does it taste like?
I have a successor!
Thanks.
Thank you very much.
What are those green things?
Peppers.
And the red thing?
- Tomatoes. - Moan, God.
Is it Italian?
Also it has corn floating.
Young lady... What do you call this dish?
ÒGoddess ramen.Ó
Goddess ramen...
Grand Master.
It is good.
But you needs more time and more restraint.
I cannot give you my blessing.
Hey...
... Let me know when you are ready to sell.
I'm planning on expanding.
See you again.
What happened?
Take a seat, please.
Sorry.
You're sorry?
Really...
... you're a selfish stubborn girl.
You had to have your way.
Corn...
Peppers...
ÒGoddess Ramen.Ó
I could not believe it.
You have no respect for anybody.
Do you understand what I say?
- A bit. - A bit.
Almost one year and you still can't understand Japanese.
Really you are an impossible, ignorant girl.
Myself.
What is this 'self', huh?
My son Shintaro...
... also said 'myself, myself' all the time.
"Dad, I want to study French cuisine.Ó
He went away.
He went away to France...
... to Paris.
He didn't want to be the successor of a dirty ramen shop.
Anyway...
A big ramen chef...
... must have a successor.
Without a successor, his life has no sense.
Then you came here to my shop, crying...
"Teach me ramen".
I qualified you...
... just as you were my son.
Everyone said that it would be the end of me.
They worried you would quit.
But Abby, you're still here.
Really...
... you have this Japanese spirit.
As for me...
... I am finished.
I worked every day for 45 years. Now my time is over.
Do you understand?
You are impossible.
You do not understand anything.
Where is your stupid book? Dictionary?
Successor.
You... my successor.
It will be an honor.
We will miss you, Abby.
Write to us.
Come to view the festival this summer.
There's still time before you have to go.
Where is sensei?
I cannot leave without saying goodbye to sensei.
- It is Abby-san. - Abby-san.
- Put Abby-san up on the shrine. - Abby-san, ride the shrine.
One year later...
4 TokyoÕs, 1 Goddess and 1 Maezumi Special.