Perfect Days Review

5/5

Koji Yakusho has such an interesting face and charm that watching his daily routine is absolutely mesmorising. Everything done with such care and focus. If this was an hour longer and they filled in that time just with more of him going about his daily life then I would be totally onboard. Straight into my top 100, at the expense of North by Northwest (sorry Mr. Hitchcock, it's a cut-throat business being in the top 100).

Cast
  • Koji Yakusho as Hirayama
  • Tokio Emoto as Takashi
  • Arisa Nakano as Niko
  • Aoi Yamada as Aya
  • Yumi Aso as Keiko
  • Sayuri Ishikawa as Mama
  • Tomokazu Miura as Tomoyama
  • Min Tanaka as Homeless
  • Miyako Tanaka as Old Lady with Brush
  • Ron Mizuma as Businessman
  • Soraji Shibuya as Kid
  • Aoi Iwasaki as Kid
  • Kisuke Shimazaki as Lost Boy
  • Yuriko Kawasaki as Mother
  • Aki Kobayashi as Baby
  • Bunmei Harada as Priest
  • Reina as Tourist
  • Shunsuke Miura as Bath House Owner
  • Gan Furukawa as Old Man
  • Atsushi Fukazawa as Kat-Chan
  • Taijirō Tamura as Regular
  • Masahiro Komoto as Bar Owner
  • Makiko Okamoto as Old Woman
  • Daigo Matsui as Vinyl Store Staff
  • Nao Takahashi as Customer
  • Nari Saitô as Customer
  • Hiroto Oshita as Customer
  • Naoko Ken as Cat Lady
  • Mijika Nagai as Office Lady
  • Motomi Makiguchi as Old Local
  • Isao Matsui as Old Local
  • Aoi Yoshida as Dera-Chan
  • Motoyuki Shibata as DPE Owner
  • Inuko Inuyama as Bookstore Owner
  • Moro Morooka as Bar Regular
  • Morio Agata as Bar Regular
  • Nijika Tonouchi as High School Girl
  • Yasushi Okuwa as Keiko's Driver
  • Hairi Katagiri as Voice on Phone (voice)
  • Tateto Serizawa as Taxi Driver
  • Yoneko Matsukane as Parking Officer
  • Tamae Ando as Sato
Crew
  • Markus Stemler — Sound Effects Editor
  • Kalle Max Hofmann — Visual Effects Supervisor
  • Wim Wenders — Producer
  • Matthias Lempert — Sound Re-Recording Mixer
  • Carsten Richter — Foley Artist
  • Keiko Tominaga — Co-Producer
  • Koji Yanai — Producer
  • Yasushi Okuwa — Co-Producer
  • Alexander Buck — Dialogue Editor
  • Reiko Kunieda — Co-Producer
  • Kota Yabana — Co-Producer
  • Takuma Takasaki — Producer
  • Wim Wenders — Director
  • Daniel Weis — Foley Mixer
  • Jun Tanaka — Gaffer
  • Kuen-Il Song — Foley Editor
  • Takuma Hayashi — First Assistant Director
  • Hanse Warns — Foley Mixer
  • Takamasa Araki — Second Assistant Director
  • Kalle Max Hofmann — VFX Supervisor
  • Dominik Bollen — Post Production Supervisor
  • Yusuke Kobayashi — Line Producer
  • Masunobu Motokawa — Casting Director
  • Koji Yakusho — Executive Producer
  • Ko Takahashi — Location Manager
  • Takuma Takasaki — Screenplay
  • Facundo Sánchez — Assistant Editor
  • Masato Kinouchi — Production Manager
  • Motoko Matsuda — Unit Production Manager
  • Wim Wenders — Screenplay
  • Rino Nakamura — Production Manager
  • Ida Rederer — Digital Intermediate
  • Milena Fessmann — Music Supervisor
  • Karen Rudolph — Unit Publicist
  • Yûta Suzuki — First Assistant Director
  • Takuya Murakami — Second Assistant Camera
  • Sven Hegen — Digital Intermediate
  • Sven Hegen — VFX Artist
  • Franziska Louisa Becker — Digital Intermediate
  • Vincent Olufemi — Digital Intermediate
  • Simone Trotta — Assistant Editor
  • Tomoya Oka — Production Manager
  • Keiko Ono — Production Supervisor
  • Frieda Oberlin — Head of Production
  • Philipp Orgassa — Digital Colorist
  • Ryo Hisasue — Production Manager
  • Yunsu Lee — Third Assistant Director
  • Benedikt Kaiser — Digital Intermediate
  • Mathilda Barchmann — Post Production Producer
  • Yuka Eto — First Assistant Camera
  • Mizuho Kudô — Script Supervisor
  • Emi Fukuda — Casting
  • Toni Froschhammer — Editor
  • Frank Kruse — Sound Designer
  • Towako Kuwajima — Production Design
  • Daisuke Iga — Costume Design
  • Franz Lustig — Director of Photography
  • Rin Takada — Sound Mixer
  • Clémentine Decremps — Additional Editor
  • Rakuko Kobayashi — Art Direction
  • Miho Matsuda — Set Decoration
  • Katsuhiko Yuhmi — Hairstylist
  • Katsuhiko Yuhmi — Makeup Artist
  • Keiko Kazama — Assistant Hairstylist
  • Keiko Kazama — Assistant Makeup Artist
  • Miwako Tohyama — Assistant Hairstylist
  • Miwako Tohyama — Assistant Makeup Artist
  • Mirei Tonooka — Assistant Director Trainee
  • Sanae Akimoto — Set Dresser
  • Hajime Danno — Construction Manager
  • Chihiro Hamada — Assistant Art Director
  • Aiko Hirano — Assistant Property Master
  • Takashi Iwamura — Set Dresser
  • Shiho Kurita — Assistant Property Master
  • Mariko Misaki — Assistant Property Master
  • Sumire Miyahara — Assistant Art Director
  • Makiko Morita — Property Master
  • Noriko Nakashima — Art Department Coordinator
  • Toshiyuki Nishida — Greensman
  • Mayu Okinaka — Set Dresser
  • Shintaro Yamada — Set Dresser
  • Shigeru Fujibayashi — Sound Effects
  • Kotaro Tone — Boom Operator
  • Matthias Lempert — Sound Designer
  • Motohiro Mochizuki — ADR Mixer
  • Tomoko Ohtsuka — Sound Effects
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