The Tokyo Fish Market is the world's largest wholesale fish and seafood market, handling over 2000 tons of seafood per day imported from 60 countries. Inside the hall, this huge amount of incoming merchandise is whisked around by electric carts. Buyers roam the labyrinth of stalls, inspecting the fish before the bidding starts, while workers haul, saw, carve and chop the products for retail. The small fish are killed fresh while the customer waits and are left to die in their own blood.
Il pesce grande mangia il pesce piccolo
International Title
Big Fish Eats Small Fish
Genre
Documentary
Country
Italy
Year
2007
Duration
8'
Elisabetta Muller
Director's Notes
Director's Notes
«What is so striking about the Tokyo Fish Market is all the different kinds of activity going on in one place; inside the Tsukiji Market the atmosphere bristles with human work and sheer slaughter every morning. I wanted to depict not only the work but also the inherent violence that drives it».
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