Archive of films Perfect Days / Perfect Days

Japan / Germany
2023, 124 min

Section: Horizons
Year: 2023

Synopsis

This humanist tale from contemporary Tokyo asks how we can live our lives regardless of all the difficulties we must face. Hirayama accepts a job cleaning public toilets with a surprising sense of humility. Although his life might strike us as arduous, boring, and sometimes even demeaning, his routine gives each day much-needed structure, and he takes joy from simple moments of contemplation in the park, reading a book, or listening to music. He radiates a sense of peace and happiness, but is it all just a defense mechanism? Kōji Yakusho’s portrayal of the taciturn toilet cleaner brought him a much-earned Best Actor award at Cannes.

Martin Horyna

About the director

Wim Wenders (1945, Düsseldorf, Germany). Selected filmography: Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit, 1976), The American Friend (Der amerikanische Freund, 1977), The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge, 1982), Paris Texas (1984), Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin, 1987), Faraway, So Close! (In weiter Ferne, so nah!, 1993), Don't Come Knocking (2005), Palermo Shooting (2008), Perfect Days (2023).

Contacts

The Match Factory
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Germany
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Aerofilms
Milady Horákové 383/79, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Horizons

Director:	Wim Wenders
Screenplay:	Takuma Takasaki, Wim Wenders
Dir. of Photography:	Franz Lustig
Music:	Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert
Editor:	Toni Froschhammer
Art Director:	Towako Kuwashima
Producer:	Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki, Koji Yanai
Production:	Master Mind, Wenders Images
Coproduction:	Kōji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Asō
Cast:	Kōji Yakusho
Sales:	The Match Factory
Distributor:	Aerofilms