Tokyo Film Festival Sets Wim Wenders Pic ‘Perfect Days’ As Opening Film, ‘Godzilla Minus One’ To Close
deadline.comWim Wenders’ Tokyo-based Cannes Competition title Perfect Days has been set as the opening film of this year’s Tokyo Film Festival while Godzilla Minus One, written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, will close proceedings.
Starring Koji Yakusho (Babel), who picked up the best actor gong at Cannes for his performance, Perfect Days tells the story of Hirayama, who seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo.
Outside of his very structured everyday routine, he enjoys his passion for music and books. He loves trees and takes photos of them.
A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveals more of his past. Wenders also serves as the President of this year’s competition jury at Tokyo. “I’m excited to be back at the Tokyo International Film Festival, happening 60 years after the death and therefore 120 years after Ozu’s birth, my declared master, which makes the occasion very special to me,” Wenders’ said in a statement. “I’m more than proud to present Perfect Days as the 36th TIFF’s Opening Film.” Alongside writing and directing duties on Godzilla Minus One, Yamazaki also supervised the visual effects.
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