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Udon

Udon

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Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he straggles home... defeated, and saddled with debt. Awaiting him are his old friends, a caring sister, a disgruntled father ...and a bowl of noodles. Namely, "udon" noodles. The town is built around udon, sustained by udon, nationally famous for udon.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

134 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

26 August 2006

Country

Japan

Cast

Yusuke Santamaria

Yusuke Santamaria

Kosuke Matsui

Manami Konishi

Manami Konishi

Kyoko Miyagawa

Tortoise Matsumoto

Tortoise Matsumoto

Shosuke Suzuki

Kyoka Suzuki

Kyoka Suzuki

Mari Fujimoto

Takeshi Masu

Takeshi Masu

Masanori Otani

Jin Katagiri

Jin Katagiri

Kenjiro Mishima

Jun Kaname

Jun Kaname

Kazuya Aoki

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Ryoichi Fujimoto

Katsumi Kiba

Katsumi Kiba

Takutomi Matsui

Tohru Emori

Tohru Emori

Sayoko Ninomiya

Sayoko Ninomiya

Mayumi Myosei

Mayumi Myosei

Hiroyuki Morisaki

Hiroyuki Morisaki

Hideki Nakano

Hideki Nakano

Munenori Nagano

Munenori Nagano

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Biker police

Yoko Maki

Yoko Maki

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