Can a film be practically storyless (in the sense of plot) and at the same time tell infinite stories? Perfect days he succeeds, using cinematographic art in its essence, a poetic gaze, subtle cultural references and a fundamentally spiritual dimension. All through the daily routine of a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Initially the film was supposed to be a documentary on public toilets commissioned from Wim Wenders, but the German director then decided to make it a narrative work. The protagonist (Koji Yakusho) is a sixty-year-old who rejects digital evolution and remains anchored to his analogue dimension: he listens to music on audio cassettes, reads novels in old paperback editions, captures the light that filters through the trees with a camera. His every gesture is a celebration of life, lived moment by momentwithout seeking happiness in anything more than being present to oneself, one gesture after another.
