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Movie title: Perfect Days Realese year: 2023 It was some award news that brought the Perfect Days movie to my attention. Set in Japan, on the daily life of a toilet cleaner in Tokyo, the simplicity of the setting could not attract me more! Japanese anime are very popular among many of my peers, but I wanted to see something from real life to know Japan first. So I explored the city, the parks, the crisscrossing flyovers that Hirayama drives on his way to work and Hirayama—the embodiment of a calm and quiet life in this busy time. Hirayama works at The Tokyo Toilet. He has this amazing repertoire of cleaning tools and he gives his heart to his work. He wakes up before dawn, waters his plants, drives to work, works, takes his break inside a park and grabs his lunch. After work, he visits a bathhouse to take a bath. He cycles to his regular cafe, orders his regular choice. While he is living his day, he is living it fully. He is not listening to music on earphones, scrolling on his phone ...