Japanese screen legend Koji Yakusho delivers a Cannes award-winning performance in this Wim Wenders feature about a humble janitor. Nominated...
Japanese screen legend Koji Yakusho delivers a Cannes award-winning performance in this Wim Wenders feature about a humble janitor. Nominated for the 2023 Palme d'Or.
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 reveal more of his past.
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Quietly radiant
I must be the 500th person to compare Perfect Days to Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson, but Wim Wenders really does achieve that seductive, cinematic, working-class zen here. Every minute beams with Kôji Yakusho’s quietly radiant performance, his solitary toilet cleaner defiantly finding contentment within his analogue life.
96 %172 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
89 %620 reviewsAudience score rating
"Not perfect, but engaging enough."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Sincere and unassuming, and owns its sentimentality with good humor."
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Variety
Variety"A meaning-of-life film."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"An ode to life’s little pleasures."
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Financial Times
Financial Times"There's a guileless purity to the film ... and a delicate, contemplative performance from Yakusho."
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The Times
The Times"A film of deceptive simplicity."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Quiet Japanese slice-of-life drama."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Your cousin could have written this movie. But maybe only Wenders could have directed it."
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Vulture
Vulture"A film replete with grace, harmony, and hope that overwhelms and engulfs you."
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Indian Express
Indian ExpressPerfect Days | Details
Award winner- Best Actor (Koji Yakusho), Cannes 2023
- Rating
- PG, infrequent mild bad language, sex references
- Runtime
- 124
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Germany, Japan
