Perfect Days (expired event)

Nominated for Academy Award - Best International Feature Film, Perfect Days sees Hirayama utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo.

A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. Koji Yakusho won the Best Actor award at Cannes for his charming performance in this latest film from master filmmaker Wim Wenders.

A beautiful tale woven by master German filmmaker Wim Wenders and acclaimed Japanese actor Koji Yakusho. A work of fiction with the feel of a documentary. A film that only Wenders, who has perfected the art of both, could have brought to the screen and hailed at the Cannes Film Festival as his greatest masterpiece in recent years,

Hirayama (Koji Yakusho) works as a public toilet cleaner in Shibuya, Tokyo. His is a calm, quiet existence. Every day, he wakes up at the same time, gets ready the same way, and works the same way. Though his life may seem monotonous, no two days are ever the same, and he steps into each new day with a serene optimism.

Hirayama’s way of life exudes a gentle beauty. He loves trees and gazing at komorebi, the shimmering of light and shadows that is created by leaves swaying in the wind. But unexpected events create ripples in his life that reach back into his past.