Hiro's Table

I've enjoyed this film twice and it is richer with each viewing. It has great depth and is moving and sensitive when exploring the Obayashi family saga. Seeing it the second time when it was presented by the 90 year-old Japanese American Citizen's League of Oregon was especially moving. So many layers of meaning for this current time.

The story of an artist, passionate chef, and his bedrock wife. Their restaurant and family sagas moved me to tears both times I watched it. The spectacular highs of success, the inevitable valleys, so human, and the food, god the food!

HIRO'S TABLE is such a beautiful film-a respectful, intimate, emotionally authentic portrait of a lovely man and his family. Director Lynn Hamrick went beyond Hiro's obvious culinary genius to reveal a philosophy-maybe even a moral code-that shapes and informs the experience of eating the food he prepares. A deeper experience that his patrons are surely aware of, even if they can't specifically articulate it. I came away from the screening loving him and his family and Lynn for bringing his story to the screen. HIRO'S TABLE is a story about the American immigrant experience-the risks, perseverance, happy accidents, losses and successes of a humble man, the dream that fueled his achievements, and the family that believed in him. A real gem. Bravo!

Throughout this beautifully intimate film thrums the spirit of what makes us human, what unites us. At this time in our country, finding this gem was a comfort in remembering how sweet life can be. Watching Hiro prepare his meals is a five-sensory pleasure. Love this film!

The story of Hiro's Table is so inspiring. It's about a family in Los Angeles and shows their hard work and consistent effort to serve food at their restaurant of the highest quality and still be prosperous. It shows how they work over a period of time and the changes they go through.