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- For this late film, “Perfect Days,” Wenders depicts the orderly, ascetic, but culturally rich life of an older Tokyo resident who works in sanitation. Venerable Japanese actor Koji Yakusho (“Shall We Dance?”) plays Hirayama, who cleans high-end public toilets in the fashionable Shibuya district of Tokyo.
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Mar 7, 2024 · Therefore, as the film comes to an end, with the narrative choosing to stop documenting Hirayama’s life on his drive to work, it showcases how his days have evolved. Whatever his past may have held, he’s living a happier life, free to indulge in monotony— or stability, in other words.
Aug 11, 2024 · Towards the end of Perfect Days, Hirayama's niece Niko (Arisa Nakano) unexpectedly comes to visit him. Hirayama did not know she was on her way but is happy to see her nonetheless, even after Niko reveals she ran away from her wealthy home and her mother, Keiko (Yumi Asō), Hirayama's estranged sister.
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Feb 13, 2024 · During Perfect Days‘ ending, Hirayama selects Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” to play in the background as he watches the sun rise above the horizon. For the next few minutes, the camera remains fixed on Hirayama’s face.
Apr 5, 2024 · Every day, Hirayama sticks to a ritualized routine, undisturbed, mainly due to a lack of distractions. On his non-working days, he goes to the same laundry to clean his clothes, gives his camera roll at the same shop, and gets food at the same place.
Mar 10, 2024 · Why does Hirayama help his colleague? While their relationship doesn’t seem to be terribly close, Hirayama has sympathy for a guy who’s trying to win a girl’s heart. My money is on solidarity as men as well as a handsome helping of guilt from the younger guy.
Feb 7, 2024 · While Yakusho delivers a tour de force performance throughout the film, what he and Wenders do in the final scene of Perfect Days is unforgettable. It's an unbroken shot of Hirayama driving...
Feb 22, 2024 · The film follows the daily routine of Hirayama (Yakusho Kōji), a middle-aged cleaner for The Tokyo Toilet, a private contractor which manages newly redesigned facilities in the Shibuya ward. Hirayama has reduced his life to a routine worthy of a Paul Schrader protagonist, except that he seems free of the angst essential to Schrader’s subjects.
