PERFECT DAYS Japan-Germany, 2023, 124′, color, feature

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past.

A deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us.

“You know, the potter’s secret is doing it for the first time each time, and for our man, Hirayama, it’s the same. Each day, he’s doing it for the first time. And he’s not thinking how he did it yesterday, and not thinking how he will do it tomorrow. He’s always doing it in the moment. And that’s the potter’s secret as well. And that’s what gives a whole different dignity to any repetition.”

Wim Wenders

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Cannes ’23 – Best Actor, Prize of Ecumenical Jury, Nomination for Palme dÓr

Wim Wenders

The emblem of international independent cinema Wim Wenders is a director who has created a cinematographic style of his own, is convinced that the most beautiful thing about making movies is the feeling that you use a universal language understandable to all. In 1982 he won a Golden Lion at Venice for The State of the Matters. Two years later he is once again honored for his film Paris, Texas this time with a Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. Pina (2011) was awarded the European Documentary Award at the European Film Awards. Wim Wenders was awarded the Sofia Municipality award for outstanding achievements in world cinema in 2007. His films Palermo Shooting (2008), The Salt оf the Earth (2014) and Perfect Days (2023) received the award of the Municipality of Burgas at the Sofia International Film Festival at The Coast.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

1974 Alice in the Cities
1977 The American Friend
1982 The State of Things
1982 Paris, Texas
1987 Wings of Desire
2011 Pina
2014 The Salt of the Earth
2023 Perfect Days

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Wim Wenders

SCRIPT

Takuma Takasaki, Wim Wenders

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Franz Lustig

CAST

Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Asô, Sayuri Ishikawa, Tomokazu Miura, Min Tanaka

PRODUCERS

Takuma Takasaki, Wim Wenders, Koji Yanai

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