Perfect Days (2023)
2h 4m
Running Time
November 10, 2023Release Date

Plot.
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
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Cast & Crew.

Koji Yakusho
Hirayama / Executive Producer

Tokio Emoto
Takashi

Arisa Nakano
Niko

Aoi Yamada
Aya

Yumi Asou
Keiko

Sayuri Ishikawa
Mama

Tomokazu Miura
Tomoyama

Min Tanaka
Homeless

Miyako Tanaka
Old Lady with Brush

Ron Mizuma
Businessman

Soraji Shibuya
Kid

Aoi Iwasaki
Kid

Kisuke Shimazaki
Lost Boy

Yuriko Kawasaki
Mother

Aki Kobayashi
Baby

Bunmei Harada
Priest

Reina
Tourist

Shunsuke Miura
Bath House Owner

Gan Furukawa
Old Man

Atsushi Fukazawa
Kat-Chan

Taijirō Tamura
Regular

Towako Kuwajima
ProductionDesigner

Masahiro Koumoto
Bar Owner

Makiko Okamoto
Old Woman

Daigo Matsui
Vinyl Store Staff

Nao Takahashi
Customer

Nari Saitô
Customer

Hiroto Oshita
Customer

Naoko Ken
Cat Lady

Mijika Nagai
Office Lady

Motomi Makiguchi
Old Local

Isao Matsui
Old Local

Aoi Yoshida
Dera-Chan

Motoyuki Shibata
DPE Owner

Inuko Inuyama
Bookstore Owner

Moro Morooka
Bar Regular

Morio Agata
Bar Regular

Nijika Tonouchi
High School Girl

Yasushi Okuwa
Keiko's Driver / Co-Producer

Hairi Katagiri
Voice on Phone (voice)

Tateto Serizawa
Taxi Driver

Yoneko Matsukane
Parking Officer

Tamae Ando
Sato

Matthias Lempert
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Designer

Alexander Buck
Dialogue Editor

Keiko Tominaga
Co-Producer

Kota Yabana
Co-Producer

Markus Stemler
Sound Effects Editor

Takuma Takasaki
Producer / Screenplay

Carsten Richter
Foley Artist

Reiko Kunieda
Co-Producer

Wim Wenders
Producer / Director / Screenplay

Kalle Max Hofmann
Visual Effects Supervisor / VFX Supervisor

Koji Yanai
Producer

Takuma Hayashi
First Assistant Director

Jun Tanaka
Gaffer

Daniel Weis
Foley Mixer

Hanse Warns
Foley Mixer

Takamasa Araki
Second Assistant Director

Kuen-Il Song
Foley Editor

Masunobu Motokawa
Casting Director

Ko Takahashi
Location Manager

Yusuke Kobayashi
Line Producer

Dominik Bollen
Post Production Supervisor

Masato Kinouchi
Production Manager

Karen Rudolph
Unit Publicist

Rino Nakamura
Production Manager

Mathilda Barchmann
Post Production Producer

Frieda Oberlin
Head of Production

Ida Rederer
Digital Intermediate

Benedikt Kaiser
Digital Intermediate

Motoko Matsuda
Unit Production Manager

Sven Hegen
VFX Artist / Digital Intermediate

Franziska Louisa Becker
Digital Intermediate

Vincent Olufemi
Digital Intermediate

Facundo Sánchez
Assistant Editor

Simone Trotta
Assistant Editor

Philipp Orgassa
Digital Colorist

Milena Fessmann
Music Supervisor

Ryo Hisasue
Production Manager

Keiko Ono
Production Supervisor

Yunsu Lee
Third Assistant Director

Tomoya Oka
Production Manager

Yûta Suzuki
First Assistant Director

Yuka Eto
First Assistant Camera

Mizuho Kudô
Script Supervisor

Takuya Murakami
Second Assistant Camera

Emi Fukuda
Casting

Frank Kruse
Sound Designer

Daisuke Iga
Costume Design

Towako Kuwashima
Production Design

Franz Lustig
Director of Photography

Toni Froschhammer
Editor

Rin Takada
Sound Mixer

Clémentine Decremps
Additional Editor

Rakuko Kobayashi
Art Direction

Miho Matsuda
Set Decoration

Katsuhiko Yûmi
Hairstylist / Makeup Artist

Keiko Kazama
Assistant Hairstylist / Assistant Makeup Artist

Miwako Tohyama
Assistant Hairstylist / Assistant Makeup Artist

Mirei Tonooka
Assistant Director Trainee

Sanae Akimoto
Set Dresser

Hajime Danno
Construction Manager

Chihiro Hamada
Assistant Art Director

Aiko Hirano
Assistant Property Master

Takashi Iwamura
Set Dresser

Shiho Kurita
Assistant Property Master

Mariko Misaki
Assistant Property Master

Sumire Miyahara
Assistant Art Director

Makiko Morita
Property Master

Noriko Nakashima
Art Department Coordinator

Toshiyuki Nishida
Greensman

Mayu Okinaka
Set Dresser

Shintaro Yamada
Set Dresser

Shigeru Fujibayashi
Sound Effects

Kotaro Tone
Boom Operator

Motohiro Mochizuki
ADR Mixer

Tomoko Ohtsuka
Sound Effects
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Details.
Release DateNovember 10, 2023
Original NamePERFECT DAYS
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 4m
Budget$14,000,000
Box Office$24,094,016
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
tree
uncle niece relationship
solitude
janitor
tokyo japan
routine
slice of life
working class
character study
audio cassette
quest for knowledge
mystical quest
human nature
beauty of life
calm
philosophical
Wiki.
Perfect Days is a 2023 drama film directed by Wim Wenders from a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki. A co-production between Japan and Germany, the film follows the routine life of Hirayama (Kōji Yakusho), a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo.
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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