I noticed this documentary trailer on Golden Village’s website months ago. I got the chills from just watching the trailer. I must admit that I’m not a fan of sushi or sashimi – I don’t eat anything that’s raw. Nevertheless, I’ve heard of this fish market Tsukiji in Tokyo since forever. There are tourists who would get there at 3am just to watch the auctions, to go for sashimi or sushi breakfast at the small eateries just there at Tsukiji. Initially we also had plans to go Tsukiji, but at that time Tsukiji was planned to be relocated to another place in November 2016. And also the fact that we would need to wake up really early to see any action there, kinda threw our plans out of the window. We both ain’t fans of raw food, so it’s not that great of a miss for us, I supposed.
However when I watched this trailer, I thought to myself – this is the documentary that can open my eyes to how Tsukiji works, without being there! I was so excited, only to get super bummed when I found out that tickets were fully sold out in all the three cinemas that they are showing the film in, and each cinema gets only one time slot for one day for this documentary. Yet they kept advertising this.. showing trailers everywhere, sending me mailers about this movie. I was so mad at one point – it’s already fully booked, why did GV still trying to market this?! It wasn’t until I checked the website again on Monday, that I noticed they sneakily added time slots for this movie! The additional time slots were during weekdays, but I’d gladly sacrifice my resting hours after work for this! I immediately called Bruno and asked if he was interested. Even if he wasn’t, I would have gone for it myself. He said yes immediately, because he was very interested in this film as well, and was also disappointed initially when it was all fully booked.
So we watched the documentary last night, and boy it was good! It was so informative, and we get insights to how the market works, what goes through the minds of the people who work at Tsukiji. The feel-good vibes, the short witty moments from the people being interviewed/featured, the super famous chefs at world renowned Japanese restaurants in Tokyo (god I would never see them in person because I don’t have the money to dine in their restaurant)… I’ve never really enjoyed documentaries that ain’t related to natural disasters, so this is really the first one that I love. L-O-V-E. I even shedded some tears at some inspiring words from the people who work there. I would gladly get this on DVD if it’s ever released.
Go watch it, if it’s ever released in your country. Go watch it, you won’t be disappointed, I swear. Here’s the trailer:
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