Perfect Days

2023
PG
2h 4m

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7.9/10

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Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

68K

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POPULARITY

378

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 8 wins & 39 nominations total

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Trivia
The nine public toilets featured in the movie were built to help welcome visitors to Japan as part of the planned Summer Olympics in 2020. As the pandemic delayed the Olympics, Koji Yannai, a senior executive for Fast Retailing (known for its Uniqlo brand) sought a way to still make the toilets known internationally, contacted several screenwriters and advertisers, leading to the idea of having a well-known film director produce a documentary about these toilets. Given an invitation to produce the documentary, Wim Wenders decided to make a feature instead.

Goofs
Hirayama's assistant puts the cassette in his girlfriend's bag without the box but she returns it with the original cassette box.

She probably took it as well.

Hirayama girlfriend was holding the case last before she picks her phone from her bag. She no longer has the case as she puts it away not where she got it from. Maybe she stuffed in her jacket.

Quotes
Hirayama: Next time is next time. Now is now.

Connections
Featured in Amanda the Jedi Show: Never Trust the Standing Ovations | CANNES 2023 Indiana Jones, Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Soundtracks
Feeling Good
Written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse
Performed by Nina Simone

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Featured review

9/10

Can't remember a movie with a better finish

The movie forces you into a slower mood of perception, and being aware that you will learn something about Tokyo and the people there is just one aspect that helps to contend a feeling of impatience that grows as you realize that you will not see more action. The soundtrack also helps, with a mix of all-time r&b classics and some less known tracks. You may also feel the wish get one of the books the protagonist is reading. So you sit there and get closer and closer to the main character, until the end that culminates in a genuine feeling of joy, joy you would not have felt without the investment of patience that this movie imposes on you.