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I have watched the documentary, and I strongly recommend it. It shows some values in Japan that are being loosing in new generations there and in other countries.

That said, Jiro is an example of many things in their craft but his life also have a lot of drawbacks, like he barely saw his sons when they were children and if a social event comes up he tries to spend as less time as possible to get back to work.

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That was a fault of circumstance though. It was a combination of Japanese values as well as being born in relative poverty as well as what was necessary to elevate above that.

A lot of Jiro's values are in Japanese society too, so you can get an idea of those ancient values that define that society from the documentary. That was what I was trying to emphasize with my comment.

But yes, I agree, the circumstances were very important and without them Jiro wouldn't be the way he is.

Thanks for the response!

I think he means that, the reason he took it to the extreme that his family life suffered was due to his unfortunate circumstances.

This is a really great documentary. Just saw it because of the post and the entire time I can't help but think of how this applies to any life and the to the pursuit of happiness.

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