Perfect Days

Japan 2023, 123 minutes
Dir. Wim Wenders
In Japanese with English subtitles
Rating: [M] Nudity
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

Feat. Koji Yakusho

“This beguiling film may trade in the tranquil security of routine, but makes an occasional, heart-quickening case for the unexpected.”~Guy Lodge, Variety

Aroview: The irrepressibly handsome Kôji Yakusho stars as a solitary man who cleans public lavatories for a living but seems to have a rich inner life nourished by observation, literature and the Western rock canon on cassette.

It's a philosophical postcard to/from Japan that likely says more about 78-year-old German director Wim Wenders as an aesthete, who here declares his abiding love of nature, of nostalgia, and no small appreciation of the modern architectural beauty of Tokyo toilets.

NZ International Film Festival 2023