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  1. Oct 25, 2023 · Yakusho has collected scores of awards over his long career, but Perfect Days appears tipped to introduce him to an even wider international audience. The film premiered in May at the Cannes Film ...

  2. Feb 8, 2024 · Japanese screen icon Kôji Yakusho stars as Hirayama, and when Perfect Days premiered at last year's Cannes Film Festival, he won Best Performance by an Actor. "When he got home, hundreds of people met him at the airport. He's very much loved there, and this was the first time he won international recognition," Wenders shares.

  3. Feb 29, 2024 · Perfect Days is Japan's official submission for best international feature film at this year's Oscars on March 10. Watch Yakusho's full interview with Power or listen to it on our podcast for more ...

  4. Dec 25, 2023 · A Simple Life in the Spotlight. 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.

  5. Feb 5, 2024 · 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 work of scrupulous ...

  6. Feb 9, 2024 · Movies. He’s one of Japan’s most beloved actors. Now, his new Wim Wenders movie is nominated for an Oscar — and playing in Toronto. Kôji Yakusho, star of “Perfect Days,” jumped at the ...

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Perfect_DaysPerfect Days - Wikipedia

    Perfect Days premiered on 23 May 2023 at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho. It was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards , becoming the first film directed by a non-Japanese filmmaker to be nominated as the Japanese entry.

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