Arts & Entertainment
HIFF: "Jiro Dreams of Sushi"
According to the festival, "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" is an exquisitely shot documentary about 85-year-old sushi master Juri Ono. Ono owns and operates the world’s smallest three-star Michelin restaurant in the basement of a Tokyo office building. Although Ono’s survived a recent heart attack, he is reluctant to have his oldest son take over the business. While critics question whether Ono’s culinary style will die with him, Ono reflects on a life spent in the obsessive pursuit of culinary perfection. His own story is juxtaposed with the history of sushi itself and its fragile future as global fish stocks deplete.
The fimmakers will do a Q&A afterward.
Producers: David Gelb, Kevin Iwashina, Tom Pellegrini
Subject: Jiro Ono
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Run Time: 81 minutes
JAPANESE