“Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ Finds A Perfect Role For Kōji Yakusho”

“Hirayama, the reticent protagonist in Wim Wenders’ new film Perfect Days, carries on according to a mechanized cycle: Wake up early, water plants, buy coffee, head to his job cleaning Tokyo’s public toilets, administer his responsibilities to preternatural results, photograph trees on his lunch break, finish his shift, visit the public baths, eat dinner out, go home, read, sleep. The sun rises. The new day dawns. Hirayama rinses, lathers, and repeats, a smile twinkling in his eyes and occasionally teasing across his lips.” (Full feature available at JoySauce.)

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