Perfect Days was destined to be an aesthete's delight. The original pitch to Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Wim Wenders was to make short documentaries on what were described to him as "little marvels of toilets built by great architects." Those little marvels were part of The Tokyo Toilet project, an urban beautification project that features 17 public restrooms, including designs by award-winning Japanese architects Tadao Ando, Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma and even streetwear designer turned Kenzo artistic director, NIGO. In the end, Wenders opted for a gentle drama instead of a documentary. The scripted film follows a fictionalized toilet cleaner and his quiet life, and despite spending much of its running time in and around bathrooms, Perfect Days is a visual knockout of a movie.
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