The English name is Erlang's Sushi Dream, and the Chinese name is the God of Sushi. Erlang, a boring name, sushi, an ordinary food, dreams can be made by anyone, why did he suddenly become a god. After seeing the end of the film, compared to the two film titles, I still prefer the English name.
The pace of the film is not fast, and the opening is not surprising. In a small shop with ten seats, an old man named Erlang talked, ate, and opened a sushi restaurant. Just like the growth process of sushi apprentices, it makes people look a little tasteless and even hard. When I got used to this rhythm, things became interesting. Erlang and his son and apprentice were so full of emotion, although they were still unsmiling and reserved on the outside. The eldest son was over fifty years old and could not establish his own business. The second son started his own business, but his father informed him that he was "homeless". The apprentice studied hard for several years before he encountered fish. All this seems to be a whole with the exquisite sushi in Erlang's hands. The more I admire them, the more exquisite and delicious the sushi feels. With all this, Erlang is no longer an ordinary name, but a god-like existence.
The second half of the film begins to approach Erlang's life, a little boy who was forced to survive alone, a sushi chef who has been a sushi chef for 75 years, and an old friend who recalls his strong-spirited grandfather when he was a child, as if this Erlang was an ordinary person. What he thinks is also what an ordinary old man thinks: thinking about the future of his sons, and how to educate the current children.
Erlang said, "I don't know if I should tell my children to study hard. I'm not a good child. If I always obey, I won't necessarily succeed. I can't say don't study hard, because it's not good for children to learn badly." What, at the end of the film, when the music starts, everything has an answer. God is actually a human being, but he has done things beyond ordinary human beings. Whether it is making sushi or making a documentary, you must have the spirit of Erlang, you must be able to inherit, you must surpass yourself, you must be the ultimate, and you must not aim at utilitarianism. The purpose of the film was revealed, and I immediately fell in love with Erlang and their group, and of course, their sushi.
I remember watching this film because I didn't like "Bite of the Tongue" at first, but now it seems that the gap is too big.
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