Here’s your Zen koan for today: Is it possible to create something so pure in its simplicity that it disappears?Sure it is, answers “Jiro Dreams of Sushi,” a new documentary by David Gelb. Just come down to Jiro Ono’s tiny restaurant in the basement of a Tokyo office building, near the Ginza subway stop. There you will be presented with what many food connoisseurs consider the finest sushi on the planet, gastronomic objects unparalleled in their unadorned elegance. Seconds later, they’ll be gone.Be prepared to make your reservations at least a month in advance, though, and expect a bill starting at $365; also, don’t hope for much in the way of ambience. Sukiyabashi Jiro holds only 10 seats, doesn’t offer appetizers, and is a bare-bones experience that’s purely about the fish. A food critic named Yamamoto admits he’s nervous every time he eats there, whether from the pressure of living up to the food or simply from being in the presence of God.“Jiro Dreams of Sushi” is a foodie’s delight, obviously, and best seen either on a full stomach or with restaurant reservations immediately following.

Gelb films the preparation of the nigiri with appropriate reverence: soaring strings on the soundtrack as knives glide through the red, glistening chunks of tuna in slo-mo close-up. But the film says as much about the human price one pays for perfection — or the pursuit thereof — and it’s not in dollars or yen.At 85, Ono is the acknowledged master of his art. Michelin gave Sukiyabashi Jiro a rare three-star rating, meaning that it’s “worth traveling to the country just to eat there.” Superstar chef Anthony Bourdain has bowed down and declared his unworthiness, and the Japanese government has named Jiro a living national treasure. In person, he’s smiling but ascetic, a lean, weathered artisan whose devotion to his craft is complete. Gelb’s camera follows him to the Tsukiji fish market, where we get a hint of what makes Ono’s sushi stand out from the pack (he has special arrangements with vendors whose standards are as exacting as his). Would you be willing to massage an octopus for 45 minutes, until its flesh possesses just the right amount of chewability?

“It always has to taste better than last time,” he says.It’s not that Ono’s past is unimportant; he just doesn’t have much of one. Having left home at 9 — and being told by his parents not to come back — he became a sushi apprentice at a time when the food was still sold in the streets of Tokyo, well before it achieved global fame with the introduction of the California roll in the 1980s. We see old photos of Jiro in his youth, but they convey little. More compellingly complicated is the master’s relationship with his two sons. The elder, Yoshikazu, is still his father’s apprentice at 50, and he wonders if he’ll ever be his own man. (”Jiro’s ghost will always be there watching,” he says with resignation at one point.)A younger son, Takashi, is charged with the lesser task of managing a second restaurant, in Roppongi Hills, identical to the mother ship in every respect other than that everything’s reversed (the father’s a lefty, the son a righty). Both sons wanted to go to college, but Ono wouldn’t let them, and Yoshikazu says he hated making sushi at first.

“I wasn’t much of a father,” Jiro admits.But what’s attentive parenthood when the universe is calling through the daily ritual of striving for the ineffable? The film’s title isn’t kidding -- Jiro really does dream of sushi — and his approach to life is the same as his approach to food: Do the same thing every day, only simpler and better. That means the same train to work, the same seat on that train, the same lean slice of akami placed just so on the same shaped ball of rice. juego youda sushi chef online“I don’t think I have achieved perfection,” Jiro says, “but I feel ecstatic every day.”sushi grade tuna in tampaFollow him on Twitter @tyburr.yo sushi delivery southamptonRestaurateurs Maurizio de Rosa and Alessandro Borgognone will open Sushi Nakazawa next Monday at 23 Commerce Street in the Village, the Times reports.

The chef and restaurant’s namesake is Daisuke Nakazawa, who once cooked with and apprenticed under the exacting and masterful Jiro Ono, the octogenarian chef featured in the 2011 documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Prior to arriving in New York, Ono’s 35-year-old protégé worked at Shiro’s in Seattle, and he explained to the Stranger last year how much his twice-as-old ex-boss made him feel like a slacker with his insane work ethic. Now Nakazawa is stepping up to the plate in New York, and for the next two weeks he’ll be manning the ten-seat sushi bar on Commerce Street. Next month the larger dining room opens. 34 used & new from Start your 30-day free trial to stream thousands of movies & TV shows included with Prime. Start your free trial Jiro Dreams of Sushi [Blu-ray]DetailsTampopo FREE Shipping on orders over . Jiro Dreams of Sushi is the story of 85-year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world's greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 10-seat, sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station.

Despite its humble appearances, it is the first restaurant of its kind to be awarded a prestigious three-star Michelin Guide rating, and sushi lovers from around the globe make repeated pilgrimage, calling months in advance and shelling out top dollar for a coveted seat at Jiro's sushi bar. Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a thoughtful and elegant meditation on work, family, and the art of perfection, chronicling Jiro's life as both an unparalleled success in the culinary world and as a loving yet complicated father. Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Closed-captioned, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.) Number of discs: 1 Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: July 24, 2012 Run Time: 82 minutes #34,755 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV) in Movies & TV > Blu-ray > Documentary in Movies & TV > Blu-ray > Foreign Films in Movies & TV > Blu-ray > Kids & Family Learn more about "Jiro Dreams of Sushi [Blu-ray]" on IMDb

The kind of movie you can watch again and again.Goes beyond the craft of sushi and into the journey of self-actualization. it is a beautiful, slow but very interetesting movie that provides a glimpse into the Japanese tradition of Sushi making. Interesting look into the world of sushi-making in Japan. Only one word for this movie: magnificent. It's a film about passion and dedication. A look into the spirit of Japanese culture. I Love Marketing's "Dean Jackson" said to watch it for a great example of true Entrepreneurial mind set... It was great from that perspective. Wonderful documentary of a master chef! Can't say enough good about this beautiful piece. The Secret Life of Pets (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD) Look for Similar Items by Category Movies & TV > Art House & International > By Original Language > Japanese Movies & TV > Blu-ray Movies & TV > Blu-ray > TV Movies & TV > Genre for Featured Categories > Documentary