Box Office
Underperformed · 1.7xBudget$14M
Worldwide Gross$24.1M
Perfect Days scores a clean 0/10 on wokeness by sticking to one man's quiet routines, classic rock, and small daily joys with zero identity politics or social messaging.
Perfect Days centers on Hirayama, a middle-aged Japanese man played by Kōji Yakusho, who works as a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo's Shibuya district.
His days follow a precise routine of cleaning, listening to cassette tapes of classic rock and pop, reading authors like Faulkner and Patricia Highsmith, photographing trees, and finding quiet joy in parks and sunlight filtering through leaves. The narrative unfolds through these repetitive, observational sequences and occasional encounters that prompt reflection on personal contentment and life's small beauties, without any framing around identity, oppression, or social structures.
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