On: Tsukiji: So long, and thanks for all the fish

[situationista]

A short (12') film I made in 2006 after a 3.30 am visit to the Tsukiji tuna auction - such access would be impossible now. (The whole thing is pretty amazing, but the auction at the end is absolutely mesmerizing) https://vimeo.com/8982166

[allenguo → situationista]

This is fascinating. What's the auction man at the end saying?

[huac → allenguo]

it looks like he's asking how many people are still in at a certain price point (though my japanese is terrible)

fantastic video btw.

[_0nac → huac]

My Japanese is fairly fluent, but the guy around 08:00 is pretty much totally incomprehensible...

The later dude at 10:00 seems to be announcing lot numbers ("16-ban"), doing the auction in ten-thousands ("75" for 75,000 yen?) and then announcing the winner ("Ebisuuuuu!") before going to the next.