Perfect Days

The film follows the routine life of Hirayama, who cleans public restrooms and during his breaks, relaxes by having a bite to eat on a park bench and taking photos of the sun shining through the leaves above. I have since learned that the word in Japanese for the appreciation of sunlight coming through a canopy of leaves overhead is komorebi (木漏れ日). I have a trove of photos like that, so it should have its own word.

I also learned the movie, although directed by Wim Wenders,

was born from the initiative of Yanai Kōji of Uniqlo, the fast retailing global chain, and the novelist/creative director Takasaki Takuma… (nippon.com)

Uniqlo is a mass market fashion brand. Most of our about-the-flat clothes are from there. Enjoy the trailer of Perfect Days here: