# Perfect Days (2023) — Celluloid fact sheet

Source: https://celluloidscore.com/movies/perfect-days-2023/
Last reviewed: 2026-08-31

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Celluloid Score | 88% |
| Editorial Rating | 96/100 |
| Audience Snapshot | 92% (excluded from composite) |
| Metascore | 91/100 |
| Letterboxd | 4.2/5 |
| IMDb | 7.9/10 |
| Director | Wim Wenders |
| Genres | Drama |
| Runtime | 124 min |
| Festival premiere | Cannes 2023 (Best Actor) |
| Major awards | 1 wins, 4 nominations |

## Quick answer

Perfect Days (2023) earns a 88% Celluloid Score — Recommended. A serene, deeply humane miniature from Wim Wenders — anchored by Kōji Yakusho's Cannes-winning performance, it finds tra Metascore 91/100. Directed by Wim Wenders.

## Celluloid verdict

A serene, deeply humane miniature from Wim Wenders — anchored by Kōji Yakusho's Cannes-winning performance, it finds transcendence in the smallest rituals of a single life.

## Synopsis

A Tokyo toilet cleaner lives a life of monastic routine — tending plants, listening to cassettes, photographing the play of light through trees — until small disruptions reveal the quiet depths beneath his contentment, in Wim Wenders's luminous ode to finding grace in the ordinary.

## Cast

Kōji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada

## Accolades

Premiered at Cannes 2023, where it won the Best Actor.
- Nominated for Best International Feature Film — Academy Awards 2024
- Won Best Actor (Koji Yakusho) — Asian Film Awards 2024
- Nominated for Best Film — Asian Film Awards 2024
- Nominated for Best Actor — Japan Academy Film Prize 2024
- Nominated for Best Foreign Film — David di Donatello 2024

## Where to watch

the United Kingdom: MUBI
Indonesia: KlikFilm
India: MUBI
Turkey: MUBI, TV+, HBO Max
South Korea: Netflix
Japan: Prime Video
the Philippines: MUBI
Pakistan: MUBI
South Africa: MUBI
Malaysia: MUBI
Thailand: Netflix
Nigeria: MUBI

## Critic reviews on Celluloid: 1

## Common questions

**Is Perfect Days worth watching?**
Perfect Days holds a 88% Celluloid Score. A serene, deeply humane miniature from Wim Wenders — anchored by Kōji Yakusho's Cannes-winning performance, it finds transcendence in the smallest rituals of a single life.

**What is Perfect Days about?**
A Tokyo toilet cleaner lives a life of monastic routine — tending plants, listening to cassettes, photographing the play of light through trees — until small disruptions reveal the quiet depths beneath his contentment, in Wim Wenders's luminous ode to finding grace in the ordinary.

**Who directed Perfect Days?**
Perfect Days (2023) was directed by Wim Wenders.

**What is the Celluloid Score of Perfect Days?**
88% — calculated from available Celluloid editorial (96/100), Metascore (91/100), Letterboxd (4.2/5), and IMDb (7.9/10) inputs. Audience sentiment is excluded.

**What awards did Perfect Days win?**
Perfect Days won Best Actor (Koji Yakusho) (Asian Film Awards 2024), with 4 further nominations.

**Where can I watch Perfect Days?**
Perfect Days is on MUBI in the United Kingdom; on KlikFilm in Indonesia; on MUBI in India; on MUBI, TV+, HBO Max in Turkey; on Netflix in South Korea; on Prime Video in Japan; on MUBI in the Philippines; on MUBI in Pakistan; on MUBI in South Africa; on MUBI in Malaysia; on Netflix in Thailand; on MUBI in Nigeria. Availability varies by region.

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