Perfect Days
★ New works of award winning director Wim Wenders
★ Represented Japan at the Academy Awards for Best International Film
Nearly four decades after the Yausjiro Ozu tribute documentary Tokyo-Ga, German auteur Wim Wenders returns to Japan and makes a glorious comeback to form this transcendent drama about the beauty of simplicity. In a sublime performance that earned him the Best Actor prize in Cannes, Koji Yakusho plays Hirayama, a public toilet cleaner who leads a quiet life that involves only work and enjoying his eclectic collection of music and books. Over a series of encounters, we slowly learn of Hirayama’s previous life and why he chose his current lifestyle.
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Tomokazu Miura
【Book Pairing - Mystery Book Exchange Activity】
Perfect Days is a film that rediscovers the beauty of everyday life. The main character, Hirayama, always reads the book before going to bed and falls asleep with the poetic meaning of the book in his mind. We also invite audiences to join the "Book Pairing" after the movie screening. Bring a book that you think is beautiful and would like to exchange with others, and you can get another good book that is meant to be yours.
How to participate:
✧ Purchase the film ticket of Perfect Days.
✧ Bring a book you are willing to exchange to the Cinematheque・Passion 30 minutes before the screening and hand it over to the staff.
✧ Attend the post-screening Mystery Book Exchange Activity.
✧ Your book represents you! Please bring a book that you truly love.