4/19/2012- ANA presents premiere of RAMEN SAMURAI at Japan Society RSVP NOW for FREE ENTRY!

(c) RAMEN-SAMURAI FILM PARTNERS PRESENTS NIPPON EIGA SERIES PART 28 INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE OF RAMEN SAMURAI with special guest appearance by Director Naoki Segi Japan | 2011 | 115 min. | HD Cam | Japanese with English Subtitles April 19 (Thu) 7:00PM Japan Society: 333 E. 47th St, NYC Admission Free. Enter http://www.newyork-tokyo.com/wp/ramen-samurai

We are happy to announce the international premiere of "Ramen Samurai" in New York ! As the first Japanese film about Ramen since "Tampopo" (1985), the real start of this film is one of the ramen noodle stalls that have made the town famous. The main cast is Dai Watanabe who is the son of world-famous actor Ken Watanabe ! STORY Hikaru is working as a designer at a mid-level Tokyo ad agency. Years ago he left home hoping to make a career as a designer in far-off Tokyo. But disaster strikes when Hikaru's father Noboru dies and Hikaru returns to his hometown of Kurume on Kyushu Island. Starting with one of the region's famed Yatai stalls, Noboru and his long-suffering wife, Yoshiko had fought long and hard against grinding poverty to eventually end up owning their own very popular noodle bar. Noboru had spent years developing his own special variety of very popular ramen noodles. Hikaru is faced with the challenge of maintaining his father's reputation while developing his own signature ramen dish. Despite many setbacks, Hikaru is spurred on by Yoshiko's timely tales of the old days when Kurume's famed Yatai stalls had been beacons of hope. After a long-running battle with town planners who want to turn the Yatai area into a sterile, pedestrian plaza, Hikaru finally manages to produce his own signature ramen dish and almost single-handedly revives the famous Yatai of Kurume. http://www.newyork-tokyo.com/wp/ramen-samurai