Kosuke returns to his small hometown of Sanuki after a failing to become a successful stand-up comedian in New York City. The town of Sanuki is situated in Kagawa Prefecture, the smallest prefecture in Japan. Although the population there is slightly less than 1 million, they still have over 900 udon restaurants -the highest percentage in all of Japan.

Kosuke’s workaholic father runs one of these udon restaurants in Sanuki. Wanting no part in the family’s udon business or having to deal with his estranged father, Kosuke quickly sets out to find another line of work. He eventually lands a job as a writer for a small local rmagazine called TJ Sanuki. Shortly afterwards, Kosuke recieves an epiphany of sorts when he realizes that there hasnt been many articles written about the udon restaurants in Sanuki. With the enthusiastic help of his colleagues, Kosuke sets out to find the best udon restaurants in Sanuki. His articles then becomes a smashing success and launches a nationwide craze for Sanuki Udon.


Year: 2006
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English / Japanese (idx/sub)
Cast: Yusuke Santamaria, Manami Konishi, Tortoise Matsumoto, Kyoka Suzuki, Takeshi Masu, Jin Katagiri, Jun Kaname
Runtime: 134 mins


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One Response to “Udon”

  1. Koroshi Says:
    November 12th, 2009 at 9:11 AM

    If you liked “Tampopo”… then you’ll like this movie.

    Everything you ever wanted to know about Udon. Manami Konishi is pretty funny in this one… buying the same car in different colors.

    And Captain Udon is pretty cool!

    8 stars out of 10.

    Domo arigato for sharing this film.

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