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Udon
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Overview
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.
Directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro
Written by Masashi Todayama
0Top Cast
Yusuke Santamaria
Kosuke Matsui
Manami Konishi
Kyoko Miyagawa
Tortoise Matsumoto
Shosuke Suzuki
Kyoka Suzuki
Mari Fujimoto
Takeshi Masu
Masanori Otani
Jin Katagiri
Kenjiro Mishima
Jun Kaname
Kazuya Aoki
Fumiyo Kohinata
Ryoichi Fujimoto
Katsumi Kiba
Takutomi Matsui
Tohru Emori
Themes & Keywords
japanese cuisine
About Udon
Udon is a comedy, drama film released in 2006 exploring themes of japanese cuisine. Directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro, it stars Yusuke Santamaria, Manami Konishi, Tortoise Matsumoto. 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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