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1. besharamagazine.org › newsandviews › perfect-daysIntroducing… ‘Perfect Days’ and ‘Nowhere Special’

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   Perfect Days (2023, directed by Wim Wenders) is set in Tokyo and follows the daily routine of Hirayama, a cleaner of public toilets, while Nowhere Special (2021, directed by Umberto Pasolini) takes place in an unnamed city in Northern Ireland – shot mostly in Belfast – and tells the story of John, a window cleaner who is the sole carer of ...

2. english.elpais.com › culture › 2024/01/13‘Perfect Days’: so alone and so happy | Culture | EL PAÍS English

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   Jan 13, 2024 · Arisa Nakano and Koji Yakusho in 'Perfect Days'. But the happy loner reads William Faulkner before going to sleep and smiles at the sight of the sky when he wakes up. You sense his inner joy as...

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3. www.japantimes.co.jp › culture › 2024/01/04Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ finds beauty in small pleasures

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   Jan 4, 2024 · Koji Yakusho gives an evocative, multilayered performance as a Tokyo toilet cleaner with a passion for simple joys in this poetic drama.

4. www.newyorker.com › culture › the-front-row“Perfect Days” and the Perils of Minimalism | The New Yorker

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   Feb 5, 2024 · The protagonist, Hirayama (Koji Yakusho), is a cleaner for the Tokyo Toilet, a real-life set of seventeen public bathrooms of architectural distinction that opened between 2020 and 2023 in the ...

5. japan-forward.com › perfect-days-how-wim-wenders'Perfect Days': How Wim Wenders Challenges ... - JAPAN Forward

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   Dec 25, 2023 · Perfect Days depicts the simple, day-to-day life of the protagonist Hirayama (played by Koji Yakusho). He works as a janitor who lives alone in an old apartment. Every morning, Hirayama is woken up by the sound of a bamboo broom sweeping the nearby street.

6. www.cbc.ca › arts › qKoji Yakusho on Perfect Days and finding happiness in ...

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   Feb 29, 2024 · The Japanese actor sits down with Q’s Tom Power to talk about his challenging role in Wim Wenders’s latest film, Perfect Days, which won him best actor at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

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   Who is Koji Yakusho?

   • Above all, his production has Koji Yakusho, a remarkable actor who exudes magnetism Koji Yakusho, en 'Perfect Days'. On my cinematic altar, I have placed two films — even three — that bear the name of a young German director named Wim Wenders: Alice in the Cities (1974) and In the Course of Time (1976).

   ‘Perfect Days’: so alone and so happy | Culture | EL PAÍS English

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   Who is Koji Yakusho in 'perfect days'?

   • In the film, director Wim Wenders – who has always had a powerful visual sense – captures Tokyo very well. Above all, his production has Koji Yakusho, a remarkable actor who exudes magnetism Koji Yakusho, en 'Perfect Days'.

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   What does Yakusho say about Perfect Days?

   • WATCH | Official trailer for Perfect Days: Perfect Days is a reminder of the beauty and happiness that can be found in simplicity. Though Hirayama rarely speaks, Yakusho says his character sees things that others normally don't notice or perhaps pretend not to see.

   Koji Yakusho on Perfect Days and finding happiness in simplicity

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   Is Yakusho a good actor?

   • Yakusho won best actor at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival for the role, and he's one of the most acclaimed stars in Japanese cinema history. "I don't really like films with a lot of dialogue," he tells Q 's Tom Power with a laugh, seated beside his translator, David Neptune.

   Koji Yakusho on Perfect Days and finding happiness in simplicity

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   Is Tokyo toilet a true story?

   • The results are merely vague, in a way that seems willfully naïve about Japan, about labor, and about art. The protagonist, Hirayama (Koji Yakusho), is a cleaner for the Tokyo Toilet, a real-life set of seventeen public bathrooms of architectural distinction that opened between 2020 and 2023 in the city’s Shibuya neighborhood.

   “Perfect Days” and the Perils of Minimalism | The New Yorker

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   What characters does Yakusho play?

   • Over the course of his career, some of the characters Yakusho has taken on include detectives, gangsters, samurais and murderers. Internationally, he's probably best known for his roles in Rob Marshall's Memoirs of a Geisha and Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel.

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8. www.spiritualityandpractice.com › films › reviewsPerfect Days | Film Review | Spirituality & Practice

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   Two weeks in the life of a cleaner of public toilets in Tokyo with a luminous performance by Koji Yakusho as an exemplar of everyday spirituality. 2023 S&P Award Winner Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat