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Released
2011 · FILM

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

An aging sushi master obsessively pursues culinary perfection in his tiny three‑star Tokyo restaurant, while his son battles the impossible expectations he’s inherited, threatening both legacy and family harmony.

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Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
82 min
Documentary

Synopsis

Sushi chef Jiro Ono is dedicated to achieving perfection in his craft, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, struggles to meet the high standards set by his father.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Brandon Driscoll LuttringerShot by David GelbScored by The Ontic

Box Office

2011 · Box office

Grossed $2.6M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$2.6M

Worldwide gross$2.6M

Also known as

  • Jiro und das beste Sushi der Weltde

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