Why does the protagonist of ‘Perfect Days’ always take the same photo? Here is the detail that the director hid at the end

Why does the protagonist of ‘Perfect Days’ always take the same photo? Here is the detail that the director hid at the end
Why does the protagonist of ‘Perfect Days’ always take the same photo? Here is the detail that the director hid at the end
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starring Koji YakushoFamous director featuring Wim Wenders‘s 2023 film ‘Perfect Days’ is about a young man who distances himself from society and lives by cleaning public toilets in Tokyo. HirayamaIt centers on the simple and very orderly life of.

In the film, which is thought to tell that there can be meaning and beauty even in the monotony of daily routines, the routines in the life of the main character Hirayama – going to work, cleaning the toilet, reading books, listening to music – frequently come to the fore with repeated scenes throughout the film.

One of the most curious scenes in the movie was why the protagonist always took photographs of the same tree from the same location. The detail that Wenders hid in the end credits of the film escaped the attention of many viewers.

In the image that appears on the screen after the end credits, there is a black and white image with light leaking through the tree leaves. “‘Komorebi’ is the Japanese word meaning the play of light created by leaves swaying in the wind. It only exists once in that moment.” statements were included.

In fact, it turned out that the protagonist of the movie wanted to photograph ‘komorebi’ by taking the same photo every day.

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The article is in Turkish

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