Perfect Days

Wim Wenders' poetic film about a Tokyo toilet cleaner played by Koji Yakusho, who won the Cannes Film Festival award for his performance.

Perfect Days
Japan, Germany 2023
  • Czech
123 min.
12+
  • This film is available in the following territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
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Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He lives happily in his carefully constructed routine and spends his free time reading books, listening to old rock tapes or taking pictures with his analogue camera. He is disturbed from the harmony of his life by a series of unexpected encounters that gradually reveal pieces of his past. Acclaimed director Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) makes a triumphant return with a poetic film about finding beauty in seemingly small things. The lead actor Kodi Yakusho was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Credits
Director: Wim Wenders
Screenplay: Takuma Takasaki, Wim Wenders
Cinematography: Franz Lustig
Music: Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert
Sound: Matthias Lempert, Frank Kruse
Editing: Toni Froschhammer
Production Design: Towako Kuwajima
Producer: Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki, Koji Yanai
Co-production: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Asō
Costumes: Daisuke Iga
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Miyako Tanaka, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Asô, Sayuri Ishikawa, Tomokazu Miura
Awards

Cannes Film Festival

2023 – Koji Yakusho (Best Actor)

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  • This film is available in the following territories: Czechia, Slovakia.