‘Perfect Days’ asks, what constitutes a happy life?
by Peter Rainer
Feb 06, 2024
2 minutes
“Perfect Days” is about a man who cleans public toilets in Tokyo for a living. For the first half hour or so, we follow him as he wakes up at dawn in his small, spartan apartment. He suits up, mists his plants, trims his mustache, sips coffee, and drives his equipment truck into the city. There, with uncomplaining efficiency, he wordlessly goes about his business.
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