Perfect Days
Summary
Hirayama ( Kōji Yakusho ) awaken up with the Tokyo daybreak , the sky as purple as the ultraviolet light that nourishes his plant and enlighten his lowly flat . His routine is a punctilious one — he goes to work cleaning public restrooms of the metropolis , bathe in a public bathing machine , eats dinner party at one of a few even spots , and live on . Perfect Daysis engrossing in its monotony and riveting when something disrupt it , a portrait of a dewy-eyed but beautiful existence that serves as a liveliness - affirming reminder to measure the lilliputian present moment as much as we do the massive 1 .
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Perfect Days is a drama film that initially premiered in 2023 and was directed by Wim Wenders . A janitor in Tokyo , Hirayama ’s life seems to be all in place , with simple hobbies and a profound love of nature . Perfect Days canvass the life of a humans captivated by the stunner of the public .
Hirayama loves routine , but , even though he sham resentment , he might lie with it even more when something interrupts it . As much as he relishes the lulu of monotony , he also love the ways unexpected thing show themselves . The way pedestrians ' shirt colour reflect on the metallic surface of the public toilet facility wall he ’s just cleaned , or the charwoman also eat tiffin alone , a manifestation of his own purdah . An unexpected rider singing along to " Redondo Beach " by Patti Smith or a sudden visitor who charms his rowdy coworker .
Perfect Days Is A Melancholic Slice-Of-Life Portrait
Hirayama ’s connection to the Earth is more profound than anything else in his life … He is part of a whole and that is enough for him .
lonesomeness does n’t seem like something Hirayama consider , though . He does n’t rivet himself in his own life that room — he examine a bigger world that he is a part of , an all - comprehend beauty that could n’t perchance leave him lonely even if he barely exchanges two word with another person each day . Hirayama ’s connectedness to the world is more sound than anything else in his life — he takes pictures of the tree with a film tv camera , and he tend to the tiny garden in his home . He is part of a whole and that is enough for him .
Perfect Days Finds Small Ways To Make A Meaningful Impact
A sojourn from Hirayama ’s niece Niko ( Arisa Nakano ) and , finally , his sis , alludes to something rich behind his closing off . It may be more of a requirement , a selection maneuver , than just a simple preference . That Hirayama gets to spend a day with his young niece establish the kind of man he could be without the weight of solitude . Even then , this is not enough to consider abandon it . If anything , it reaffirm the life he ’s made for himself:“Next time is next time,“Hirayama tell Niko,“Now is now . "
Early in the film , Wenders shoot the tops of trees from below , express their canopies as they grow around each other , a phenomenon known as crown shyness . Hirayama often looks up at these trees , direct word picture of them , stealing glances while he ’s tease his bike or eating his luncheon . Much of the photographic film contrasts these views of nature with the cityscape of Tokyo , its neon - get down concrete and its orange - hued streetlamps . It ’s in all of this that Hirayama finds peace in a world that may look desolate . Hirayama ’s joy — and Yakusho ’s subtle sincerity — make Wenders ' vision feel masterfully calm .
Perfect Daysis now play in blue-ribbon theaters .
Kōji Yakusho in Perfect Days.
