Perfect Days

A film about a man whose days are all seemingly the same as he goes about his job cleaning toilets in Tokyo sounds as if it would be boring at best, but in the hands of Wim Wenders and his star, Kōji Yakusho, it becomes a beautiful, gently uplifting Zen meditation on fulfilment, meaning and simple joys.

Directed by Wim Wenders.

Stars Kōji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, and Arisa Nakano.

Japan, Germany. In Japanese.

Rated PG.

Released 2023.

Runtime 124 minutes.

Cannes Film Festival, won Best Actor (Yakusho), won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, nominated for Palme d’Or. Academy Awards, nominated for Best International Feature Film. Asia Pacific Screen Awards, won Best Film, nominated for Best Performance (Yakusho). Asian Film Awards, won Best Actor (Yakusho).