The God Of Ramen

Every day, as he has done for years, round and cheery chef Yamagishi Kazuo does the simple and extraordinary. He awakens early in the back room of Taishoken, a small ramen house in Tokyo, where he begins an exacting routine of making noodles and preparing broth for the dedicated customers who will wait hours for a bowl of his homey, delicious ramen. The creator of tsukemen (ramen dipped in a separate bowl of soup), Yamagishi is profiled in The God of Ramen, an affectionate documentary that chronicles Taishoken's daily routine and its satiated, delighted customers before delving into Yamagishi's reasons, some personal and quite painful, for choosing to dedicate his life to selflessly satisfying others.