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7.8Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
Released: 2023-11-10124 minDir: Wim WendersDramaBudget: $14.0MBox office: $24.1M
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Cast
- Koji Yakusho as Hirayama
- Tokio Emoto as Takashi
- Arisa Nakano as Niko
- Aoi Yamada as Aya
- Yumi Aso as Keiko
- Sayuri Ishikawa as Mama
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- tree
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Perfect Days is a 2023 drama film directed by Wim Wenders from a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki. A co-production between Japan and Germany, the film follows the routine life of Hirayama (Kōji Yakusho), a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo.
Perfect Days premiered on 23 May 2023 at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho. It was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, becoming the first film directed by a non-Japanese filmmaker to be nominated as the Japanese entry.
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2023 drama films2023 films2023 German films2023 independent films2023 Japanese films2023 Japanese-language filmsFilms directed by Wim WendersFilms set in TokyoFilms shot in TokyoFilms with screenplays by Wim WendersGerman drama filmsGerman independent filmsIMDb ID (Cite Mojo) different from Wikidata