Perfect Days

Name: Perfect Days
Genre: Drama
Released: November 10, 2023
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Aoi Yamada, Arisa Nakano, Kôji Yakusho, Min Tanaka, Sayuri Ishikawa

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Neon | Release Date: November 10, 2023 | Not Rated

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

Summary: Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) is content with his simple life cleaning toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Unexpected encounters reveal more of his story in a deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the world around us.

Director: Wim Wenders

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 123 min

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Donald Clarke

Feb 22, 2024

By the close, the picture risks taking on the quality of those allegorical novels that provided solace in the post-hippie era. Jonathan Livingstone Lavatory Cleaner. Zen and the Art of Lavatory Maintenance. But better than that. Sharper, less sentimental, less aphoristic. A film to live your life by. Read full review

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Jake Coyle

Feb 5, 2024

The Wenders’ movie that “Perfect Days” most recalls is “Wings of Desire,” where melancholy angels watched over Cold War-era Berlin and spoke of testifying “day by day for eternity.” “Perfect Days” has no such supernatural element, but its gaze is likewise attuned to what’s beautiful and meaningful in everyday living. Read full review

Alissa Wilkinson

Feb 7, 2024

Pay attention to the shadows in Perfect Days. Pay attention also to the trees, to the ways Hirayama (Koji Yakusho) looks at them. They’re as much a character in the story as he is. Read full review

Guy Lodge

May 25, 2023

This beguiling film may trade in the tranquil security of routine, but makes an occasional, heart-quickening case for the unexpected. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Feb 25, 2024

Perhaps, in its polite and unassuming way, the film advocates not just a new way of looking, but also a new way of living. Read full review

Screen Rant Graeme Guttmann

Feb 9, 2024

Perfect Days is engrossing in its monotony and fascinating when something disrupts it, a portrait of a simple but beautiful existence that serves as a life-affirming reminder to value the little moments as much as we do the monumental ones. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Sep 8, 2023

The film’s details collectively grow absurd and pompous. Read full review

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