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David Gelb

David Gelb

American director

Jul 16, 2026

3:41
And I guess one of the things I first wanted to know is when you started uncovering the story, was it intoxicating? Were you like, hey, I'm going to go back and create mastery? What was the lessons learned? And at what moment did you know in there that
3:56
you were uncovering kind of gold? I mean, it was...
4:01
It started as a project to do with a lot.
4:04
I wanted to do a bunch of different sushi chefs and kind of make like this kind of planet Earth kind of thing about sushi chefs around the world.
4:11
But I got really sucked into his story because I realized that it's first off Jiro being at the time he was what, 83 years old, 84 years old.
4:25
working in the subway station, serving the first ever three Michelin-starred sushi.
4:32
He's got a son still working for him at the restaurant.

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16:56
It's like, you know, it's

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