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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 ...
Feb 5, 2024 · By Richard Brody. February 5, 2024. Arisa Nakano as Niko and Koji Yakusho as Hirayama, in “Perfect Days.” Photograph courtesy NEON. Fantasy comes in many forms, and one of them arises when a...
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.
Apr 7, 2022 · The leading French paper Le Monde wrote that Koji Yakusho, 67, who played the leading role in Shohei Imamura’s The Eel, and is also faithful to director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, engraves emotions on the face of the loner, Hirayama.
His focus in the resulting drama is Hirayama (Koji Yakusho), a cleaner of public toilets. His 14 “perfect days” are filled with simple routines. Upon awakening, he folds up his bed and puts it away. He brushes his teeth, trims his mustache, shaves, washes his face, and mists his plants.
May 29, 2023 · (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP) CANNES, France (Mainichi) -- What is the story behind the making of "Perfect Days," the film for which Japanese actor Koji Yakusho won the best actor...
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Perfect Days, which was chosen as Japan's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Oscars, stars Yakusho as Hirayama, a modest janitor who spends his days listening to '70s American rock music, reading classic literature, and cleaning public restrooms.
