Film

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Name: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011
Cast: Jiro Ono, Masuhiro Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Ono, Takashi Ono, Daisuke Nakazama

An intimate, almost meditative portrait of Jiro Ono, the octogenarian sushi master behind a ten-seat Tokyo restaurant with three Michelin stars. It's less a food film than a study in obsession — repetition as devotion, decades spent perfecting rice temperature. Beautifully shot, quietly paced, and as much about fathers and sons as fish. For anyone who likes their documentaries calm, precise, and a little melancholy.

TMDb rating

7.7

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