Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 10 wins & 44 nominations total
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- TriviaThe nine public toilets featured in the movie were built to help welcome visitors to Japan as part of the planned Summer Olympics in 2020. As the pandemic delayed the Olympics, Koji Yannai, a senior executive for Fast Retailing (known for its Uniqlo brand) sought a way to still make the toilets known internationally, contacted several screenwriters and advertisers, leading to the idea of having a well-known film director produce a documentary about these toilets. Given an invitation to produce the documentary, Wim Wenders decided to make a feature instead.
- GoofsAt 1:06, as Hirayama approaches bookstore on his bike, he is seen wearing running shoes and his sleeves rolled down. When he enters the bookstore, he's sleeves are rolled up which he rolls down. And he is wearing rain boots.
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The film starts slow, but that's the point. We start to know a dedicated Tokyo toilet cleaner who goes through his daily routine, apparently happy with his life. Then a series of minor events cause upheaval: his colleagues, family, and romantic interest remind him of life's missed opportunities. All very subtle reminders that you can be perfectly happy in a bland life following your daily routine, but that life's circumstances are forever changing, and are inviting and challenging you to lead life on a higher, more interesting level. The closing shot reveals a clearly emotional toilet cleaner driving to work: life's new opportunities have unsettled him. The open ending leaves us wondering what's next. A great movie that is largely carried by the phenomenal Koji Yashuko: he superbly carries the story with his facial expressions between the extremely sparse dialogues. The cinematography by Franz Lustig is also incredibly good: the closing scene, the loving lighting of the numerous toilets, etc. I'd rate it higher but the film is vaguely unsatisfying in its sublety: it generates the itch but just barely scratches it. But definitely one of the best films of 2023.
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- mentemalleo
- Oct 24, 2023
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- Also known as
- Días perfectos
- Filming locations
- 3-chome-37 Kameido, Koto City, Tokyo 136-0071, Japan(The apartment where he lives)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,766,668
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $100,924
- Feb 11, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $25,603,031
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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