Wim Wenders will direct the drama film Perfect Days, which will be released in 2023. Wenders and Takuma Takasaki will write the screenplay for the film. In this film, which is a joint production between Japan and Germany, the story revolves around the daily routines of Hirayama, played by Kōji Yakusho, who works as a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo.
Kōji Yakusho was awarded the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for his performance in Perfect Days, which was presented at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2023. The film successfully contended for the Palme d’Or and emerged victorious.
It was the first picture that was not directed by a Japanese director to be nominated as the Japanese entry for the Academy Awards, and it received a nomination for the category of Best International Feature picture at the 96th Academy Awards.
Let’s discuss its production overview:
- Directed By: Wim Wenders
- Produced By: Wim Wenders, Takuma takasaki, Koji Yanai
- Written By: Wim Wenders
- cinematography By: Franz Lustig
- Edited By: Toni Froschhammer
- Production Companies: Master Mind Spoon, Wenders Image
- Distributed By: DCM(Germany) Bitters End (Japan)
- Release Dates: 25th May 2023(Cannes), 21 December 2023(Germany), 22 December 2023(Japan)
- Countries: Japan, Germany
- Language: Japanese
- Genre: Drama
When Will ‘Perfect Days’ Be Released on Blu-ray?
“Perfect Days” is already available in theaters and on video-on-demand platforms in the United States. The release date for the forthcoming 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD releases in the United States has been confirmed to be on Tuesday, July 16th, 2024. The release date for the forthcoming 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, Cinema, DVD, and VOD releases in the United Kingdom has yet to be announced.
What is the storyline of ‘Perfect Days’?
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo’s affluent Shibuya ward, across from his modest dwelling in an unfashionable neighborhood east of the Sumida River. He starts his day in the morning. He listens to music on his commute to and from work and reads before bed. We read Aya Kōda’s writings and stories by William Faulkner and Patricia Highsmith. Day closes with flickering impressionistic dreams.
Loves trees and gardens, Hirayama pictures them. He takes analog photos of branches, leaves, and ‘Komorebi’ (木漏れ日) reflected sunshine while eating sandwiches under covered trees in a shrine grounds. His meticulousness and perfection are his pride.
Takashi, Hirayama’s young helper, is late, boisterous, and inefficient. Takashi rushes to finish cleaning the public toilet when Aya, a young woman, stops by. When his motorbike won’t start, he convinces Hirayama to let him use his van to go with Aya.
When Aya offers to house Takashi while she works at a females club, he exclaims that he is broke. Aya doesn’t know Takashi put Hirayama’s Patti Smith cassette in her handbag. Takashi encourages Hirayama to evaluate his cassettes. Hirayama declines Takashi’s offer to sell after understanding their value and gives him money to take Aya. Hirayama sells petrol cassettes after running out on the way home. Hirayama plays tic-tac-toe with a stranger after finding a paper in a stall. Gameplay continues throughout the film. He notices a weird woman eating lunch on the bench.
Hirayama receives the Patti Smith cassette from Aya. She requests to play it in his truck one last time and kisses his cheek gratefully, startling him. On his free day, Hirayama does laundry, develops his tree photos, cleans his flat, buys a book, and eats at a restaurant where the proprietor tells him gossip. Hirayama’s niece Niko arrives unexpectedly after fleeing his rich estranged sister Keiko’s home. Lets Niko work with him for two days. They cycle and photograph park trees. Keiko’s chauffeured vehicle picks up Niko.
Keiko invites Hirayama to visit their father in the nursing home because his dementia has worsened. She claims he doesn’t recognize anything and won’t act normally. He hesitantly declines but hugs his sister farewell. Before departing, she asks if he cleans toilets for a living. He says yes. Hirayama cries driving away. When Takashi quits without warning, Hirayama fills his shift the next day. After entering his usual restaurant, Hirayama sees the owner cuddling a man. Hirayama runs for cigarettes and three canned highballs to sip beside the river. Hirayama’s restaurant friend requests a cigarette.
He claims that his ex-wife, whom he hadn’t seen in seven years, launched the restaurant the year after they divorced. He tells Hirayama to take care of her after seeing her to make peace before dying of cancer. Hirayama gives him a drink and shadow tag to lighten the mood, and they part ways. Morning begins with Hirayama’s workweek. He feels several intense emotions while driving his van and listening to Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good”.
Who is in the cast of ‘Perfect days’?
|
Actors |
Role in ‘Perfect days’ |
|
Koji Yakusho |
Hirayama |
|
Tokio Emoto |
Takashi |
|
Arisa Nakano |
Niko |
| Aoi Yamada |
Aya |
|
Yumi Aso |
Keiko |
|
Sayuri Ishikawa |
Mama |
|
Tomokazu Miura |
Tomoyama |
|
Min Tanaka |
Homeless |
|
Wim Wenders |
Cassette Shop customer |
Is there a trailer for ‘Perfect Days’?
Yes, the official trailer of ‘Perfect Days’ Has been launched. If you have not watched it yet, then you can watch it here.
Conclusion
Perfect Days, a 2023 drama, will be directed by Wim Wenders. Wenders and Takuma Takasaki will write the screenplay. The film, a collaboration between Japan and Germany, follows Hirayama, played by Kōji Yakusho, a Tokyo public toilet cleaner, through her everyday routine.
At the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2023, Kōji Yakusho received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Best Actor Award for his performance in Perfect Days. The film won the Palme d’Or.
The release date for the forthcoming 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD releases in the United States has been confirmed to be on Tuesday, July 16th, 2024.
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