Perfect Days

Perfect Days is a 2023 drama film directed by Wim Wenders, from a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki. A co-production between Japan and Germany, the film combines four short stories and stars Kōji Yakusho in the role of a toilet cleaner.

Perfect Days
Release poster
Directed byWim Wenders
Written by
  • Takuma Takasaki
  • Wim Wenders
Produced by
  • Wim Wenders
  • Takuma Takasaki
  • Koji Yanai
StarringKōji Yakusho
CinematographyFranz Lustig
Edited byToni Froschhammer
Production
companies
  • Master Mind Limited
  • Spoon Inc.
  • Wenders Images
Distributed by
  • DCM
  • Bitters End
Release dates
  • 25 May 2023 (2023-05-25) (Cannes)
  • 21 December 2023 (2023-12-21) (Germany)
  • 22 December 2023 (2023-12-22) (Japan)
Running time
123 minutes
Countries
  • Japan
  • Germany
LanguageJapanese
Box office$15.7 million

The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on 25 May and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho. It was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, becoming the first film not directed by a Japanese filmmaker to be nominated as the Japanese entry.

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