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.
Collider- “Perfect Days is the type of rare film that warms your heart, crafting a wonderful world that is basic, but gorgeous in its approach. Wenders and Takasaki create a relatively straightforward story, but imbue it with such comfort and exquisite appreciation that it makes Hirayama’s loves and life feel grandiose and impactful.” (full review here)
ScreenDaily “Perfect Days, a likeable, elegantly crafted drift that might superficially seem as close as they come to being the proverbial ‘movie about nothing’. In fact, this is a philosophical contemplation that is very much about something – a meaning-of-life film, no less – with an introverted, immensely likeable central performance from Koji Yakusho.” (full review here)
