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Perfect Days is a 2023 drama film directed by Wim Wenders from a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki. [4] A co-production between Japan and Germany, the film follows the routine life of Hirayama (Kōji Yakusho), a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo. [5]
Mar 26, 2024 · Working closely with his Tokyo-based co-screenwriter Takuma Takasaki and a largely Japanese crew, the 78-year-old director has crafted a lovely piece of late-career poetry that's equal parts ...
- Luke Goodsell
Feb 5, 2024 · Sean Baker’s hectic drama, about the mismatch of a sex worker and an oligarch’s son, masks its synthetic storytelling with authentic locations.
Mar 8, 2024 · Takuma Takasaki on Perfect Days and the art of storytelling. The chief growth officer at Dentsu in Japan talks to us about the relationship between narrative film and advertising, and his intuitive collaboration with Wim Wenders on his Oscar-nominated film Perfect Days. By Megan Williams 08/03/2024.
Mar 13, 2024 · Wenders wrote the script with Takuma Takasaki, a poet and novelist he calls “my Japanese twin brother”. Both Takuma and Koji pressed him to explain how Hirayama found himself here.
- Stephanie Bunbury
Longtime writer-director Wim Wenders and co-writer Takuma Takasaki have teamed up for this Oscar nominated film depicting one man's attempt to control his life. Veteran actor Koji Yakusho stars as Hirayama.
Dec 25, 2023 · Wenders wrote the film's script with creative director Takuma Takasaki. "The characterization of the protagonist was the most crucial aspect of the work," Wenders says. "Takasaki-san and I tried to imagine our ideal Hirayama. He is a very simple man but also a happy one. He lives in the present and is proud to be of service to others."
