Perfect Days

Masters

"Wim Wenders’ Gentle Japanese Character Study is His Best Narrative Film in Decades"

Variety
  • Archive - Festival 39
  • Director: Wim Wenders
  • Japan 2023
  • 123 minutes
  • Japanese
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine, he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveals more of his past.

Winner of the Best Actor Award in Cannes this year, Perfect Days is a deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us. Master filmmaker Wim Wenders “has crafted a film of deceptive simplicity, observing the tiny details of a routine existence with such clarity, soulfulness and empathy that they build a cumulative emotional power almost without you noticing” (Hollywood Reporter).

Filmography: Pina (2011), Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Lisbon Story (1994), Until the End of the World (1991), Paris, Texas (1984), The American Friend (1977).

*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.
Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the individual movie tickets.
 

  • Director Wim Wenders
  • Production Koji Yanai, Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki
  • Script Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki
  • Cinematography Maxx Franz Lustig
  • Editing Toni Froschhammer
  • Festivals Cannes (Best Actor Award, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury)
  • Actors Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada
  • Source Lev Cinema