123 mins |
Rated
CTC (Mild coarse language and nudity)
An outstanding festival film! Winner of Best Actor at Cannes for Kôji Yakusho's incredible performance and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for Director Wim Wenders. Nominated for the Palme d'Or, missing out to Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall (another DIFF 2023 film!).
Hirayama 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 for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. A deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us.
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An outstanding festival film! Winner of Best Actor at Cannes for Kôji Yakusho's incredible performance and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for Director Wim Wenders. Nominated for the Palme d'Or, missing out to Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall (another DIFF 2023 film!).
Hirayama 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 for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. A deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us.