Brittany Murphy in The Ramen Girl [movies, video]

Brittany Murphy (RIP) starred in the 2008 film The Ramen Girl (Amazon), playing Abby, an American dumped by her boyfriend in Tokyo who finds her true calling: to make ramen. Brittany Murphy was actually pretty well-cast as a whiny privileged expat determined to learn the way of the noodle from the tyrannical master ramen chef Maezumi, intensely played by Toshiyuki Nishida, a celebrated Japanese actor.

The film is not nearly as bad as being released direct-to-DVD implies. While there are some funny scenes and relatively poignant (albeit brief) musings about the artistry of ramen and emotions, the film is a little uneven at parts (unnecessary subplots, secondary characters that are completely abandoned story-wise, forced romance, loose ties, a somewhat bizarre ending). It'sOverglue that extends outwardly of the edges of the rigid members involves waste. The overglue may further stick to the rollers and drive belts of the manufacturing equipment. The glue and adhesives may then transfer as spots of glue and adhesive onto the blanks. Glue or adhesive spots on the surface wall of the interior blank that faces the bulk materials during use may result in rejection of containers as unsatisfactory for use. The elongated exterior blank with the attached wood members is heavy and awkward for picking up and turning over to position on the interior blank that moves on a second line through a glue station and an assembly station, and subsequent laminating of the exterior and interior blanks together. Because containers in use are often