こんなふうに生きていけたなら
Perfect Days

Trailer

2022 wurde Wim Wenders von Koji Yanai, dem Leiter des Tokyo Toilet Project, nach Tokio eingeladen. Mit Hilfe von 16 Künstlern wurden in diesem Projekt öffentliche Toiletten an 17 Standorten in Shibuya neu gestaltet.
Zunächst sollte Wenders wohl einen Kurzfilm drehen, doch er entschied sich für einen Spielfilm. Zusammen mit Takuma Takasaki konzipierte er die Figur des Toilettenreinigers Hirayama. Daraus entstanden ist ein excellenter Film.

Der Film wird geprägt vom Hauptdarsteller Kōji Yakusho, der z.B. aus "Kitsutsuki to ame" von 2011 bekannt ist. Er wurde 2023 in Cannes als bester Darsteller ausgezeichnet.
Die Story hat die Ingredienzen, welche heutzutage erwartet werden. Die Bilder, die Kameraführung und die Schnitte sind hervorragend. Im Soundtrack verwendet Wenders ein Dutzend Hits aus den 60er und 70er Jahren. Das spricht wohl vor allem Zuschauer der entsprechenden Altersklasse an. Die Bücher, welche der Protagonist im Film liest, erleben momentan in Japan grosse Verkaufserfolge.

Filmdaten

Titel: "Wenn ich nur so leben könnte"
Originaltitel: こんなふうに生きていけたなら
Englischer Titel: Perfect Days
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Länge: 125 Minuten

Stab
Regie: Wim Wenders
Drehbuch: Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki
Musik: Stücke der 60er und 70er Jahre

Besetzung
Kōji Yakusho: Hirayama
Tokio Emoto: Takashi
Arisa Nakano: Niko
Aoi Yamada: Aya
Yumi Asō: Keiko
Sayuri Ishikawa: Mama
Tomokazu Miura: Tomoyama
Min Tanaka: Obdachloser
Wim Wenders: Kassettenladenkunde

Plot

Der Hauptdarsteller Hirayama reinigt öffentliche Toiletten in Tokio. Er wiederholt sein strukturiertes, ritualisiertes Leben jeden Tag. Seine Freizeit widmet er seiner Leidenschaft für Musik und Bücher.
Hirayama liebt ausserdem Bäume und verbringt viel Zeit damit, im Garten zu arbeiten und sie zu fotografieren. Hirayamas junger Assistent Takashi kommt oft zu spät, ist laut und nicht so gründlich. Eines Tages kommt eine junge Frau namens Aya an der öffentlichen Toilette vorbei, in der Takashi gerade putzt. Also beeilt er sich, fertig zu werden. Er versucht, mit Aya zu gehen, aber sein Roller springt nicht an. Daher überredet er Hirayama, ihn seinen Minivan benutzen zu lassen.
Als Aya sagt, dass Takashi bei ihr bleiben kann, während sie in einer Mädchenbar arbeitet, beschwert er sich lautstark, dass er pleite ist. Takashi steckt Hirayamas Patti-Smith-Kassette in Ayas Handtasche. Takashi überredet Hirayama, in ein Geschäft zu gehen, um einige seiner Kassetten bewerten zu lassen. Als Takashi herausfindet, wie wertvoll sie sind, drängt er Hirayama zum Verkauf, doch Hirayama lehnt ab und gibt ihm Bargeld, damit er Aya aushalten kann.
Hirayama beginnt ein Tic-Tac-Toe-Spiel mit einem Fremden. Das Spiel geht im Laufe des Films weiter.
Aya kommt zu Hirayama, um die Patti-Smith-Kassette zurückzugeben. Sie bittet ihn, sie noch einmal anhören zu können, und gibt ihm dann einen Dankeskuss auf die Wange.
An seinem freien Tag wäscht Hirayama seine Wäsche, bringt den zu entwickelnden Film mit seinen Baumfotos weg, putzt seine Wohnung, kauft ein neues Buch und geht in eine Bar essen, wo die Besitzerin mit ihm klatscht und tratscht.
Niko, Hirayamas Nichte, taucht unangemeldet auf, nachdem sie aus dem Haus seiner wohlhabenden, entfremdeten Schwester Keiko geflohen ist. Sie begleitet Hirayama in den nächsten zwei Tagen zur Arbeit. Die beiden fotografieren die Bäume im Park und fahren gemeinsam Fahrrad. Schliesslich kommt die Mutter Keiko, um Niko abzuholen.
Keiko erzählt ihm, dass sich die Demenz des Vaters verschlimmert hat und fragt, ob Hirayama ihn im Pflegeheim besuchen will. Hirayama lehnt traurig ab, umarmt seine Schwester jedoch zum Abschied.
Am nächsten Tag kündigt Takashi unvermittelt und Hirayama muss seine Schicht übernehmen. Als Hirayama später in seine gewohnte Bar geht, öffnet er die Tür und sieht, wie die Wirtin einen Mann umarmt. Hirayama eilt davon und kauft Zigaretten und drei Highballs in der Dose, um sie an einem nahegelegenen Fluss zu konsumieren. Der Mann, den Hirayama im Restaurant gesehen hat, kommt auf ihn zu und bittet ihn um eine Zigarette.
Der Mann erzählt ihm, dass die Restaurantbesitzerin seine Ex-Frau sei, die er sieben Jahre lang nicht gesehen habe. Er habe sie besucht, um Frieden zu schliessen, bevor er an Krebs stirbt und bittet Hirayama, sich um sie zu kümmern. Hirayama lockert die Stimmung auf, indem er ihm einen Drink anbietet und ihn einlädt, Schattenfangen zu spielen. Schliesslich trennen sich ihre Wege.
Am nächsten Morgen beginnt für Hirayama eine weitere Arbeitswoche. Während er mit seinem Minivan zur Arbeit fährt, hört er Nina Simones "Feeling Good".

Soundtrack

00:00 "Perfect Day" Lou Reed 1972
03:43 "Sunny Afternoon" The Kinks 1966
07:16 "Brown Eyed Girl" Minivan Morrison 1967
10:21 "Redondo Beach" Patti Smith 1975
13:46 "Aoi Sakana" Sachiko Kanenobu 1972
17:43 "(Walkin' Thru The) Sleepy City" The Rolling Stones 1964
20:33 "Pale Blue Eyes" The Velvet Underground 1969
26:16 "Feeling Good" Nina Simone 1965
29:09 "The House of the Rising Sun" The Animals 1964
33:46 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding 1968

Perfect Day
Just a perfect day - Drink Sangria in the park - And then later - When it gets dark, we go home.
Just a perfect day - Feed animals in the zoo - Then later - A movie, too, and then home.
Oh, it's such a perfect day - I'm glad I spent it with you - Oh, such a perfect day - You just keep me hanging on - You just keep me hanging on.
Just a perfect day - Problems all left alone - Weekenders on our own - It's such fun.
Just a perfect day - You made me forget myself - I thought I was - Someone else, someone good.
Oh, it's such a perfect day - I'm glad I spent it with you - Oh, such a perfect day - You just keep me hanging on - You just keep me hanging on.
You're going to reap just what you sow - You're going to reap just what you sow - You're going to reap just what you sow - You're going to reap just what you sow.

Sunny Afternoon
The tax man's taken all my dough - And left me in my stately home - Lazin' on a sunny afternoon - And I can't sail my yacht - He's taken everything I've got - All I've got's this sunny afternoon.
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze - I got a big fat mama tryna break me - And I love to live so pleasantly - Live this life of luxury - Lazin' on a sunny afternoon - In the summertime - In the summertime - In the summertime.
My girlfriend's run off with my car - And gone back to her ma and pa - Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty - Now I'm sittin' here - Sippin' at my ice-cold beer - Lazin' on a sunny afternoon.
Help me, help me, help me sail away - Well, give me two good reasons why I oughta stay - 'Cause I love to live so pleasantly - Live this life of luxury - Lazin' on a sunny afternoon - In the summertime - In the summertime - In the summertime.
Oh, save me, save me, save me from this squeeze - I got a big fat mama tryna break me - And I love to live so pleasantly - Live this life of luxury - Lazin' on a sunny afternoon - In the summertime - In the summertime - In the summertime - In the summertime - In the summertime.

Brown Eyed Girl
Hey, where did we go? - Days when the rains came - Down in the hollow - Playin′ a new game - Laughin' and a-runnin′, hey, hey - Skippin' and a-jumpin' - In the misty morning fog with - our, our hearts a-thumping and you.
My brown-eyed girl - And you, my brown-eyed girl.
And whatever happened - to Tuesday and so slow? - Going down the old mine with a transistor radio - Standing in the sunlight laughing - hiding ′hind a rainbow′s wall - Slipping and sliding - all along the waterfall with you.
My brown-eyed girl - You, my brown-eyed girl.
Do you remember when we used to sing? - Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la tee-da - Just like that - Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la tee-da, la-tee-da.
So hard to find my way - Now that I'm all on my own - I saw you just the other day - My, how you have grown - Cast my memory back there, Lord - Sometimes I′m overcome thinking 'bout it - Making love in the green grass - behind the stadium with you.
My brown-eyed girl - You, my brown-eyed girl.
Do you remember when we used to sing? - Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la tee-da - Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la tee-da.

Redondo Beach
Late afternoon, dreaming hotel - We just had the quarrel that sent you away - I was looking for you, are you gone gone?
Called you on the phone, another dimension - Well, you never returned, oh you know what I mean - I went looking for you, are you gone, gone?
Down by the ocean it was so dismal, - Women all standing with a shock on their faces - Sad description, oh I was looking for you.
Everyone was singing, girl is washed up - On Redondo Beach and everyone is so sad - I was looking for you, are you gone gone?
Pretty little girl, everyone cried - She was the victim of sweet suicide - I went looking for you, are you gone gone?
Down by the ocean it was so dismal, - Women all standing with shock on their faces - Sad description, oh I was looking for you.
Desk clerk told me girl was washed up, - Was small, an angel with apple blonde hair, now - I went looking for you, are you gone gone?
Picked up my key, didn′t reply - Went to my room, started to cry - You were small, an angel, are you gone gone?
Down by the ocean it was so dismal - I was just standing with shock on my face - The hearse pulled away, and the girl that had died, it was you.
You'll never return into my arms ′cause you were gone gone - Never return into my arms 'cause you were gone gone - Gone gone, gone gone, good-bye.

青い魚 Aoi sakana
青い海も 青い魚も みんな昔 手にしたもの。
Aoi umi mo aoi sakana mo minna mukashi teni shitamono.
今 私の この手のひらの中を 冷たい風だけが通りぬけてゆく。
Ima watashi no kono teno hirano naka wo tsumetai kaze dakega toori nuketeyuku.
グロテスクな 子供達のむれや 歩道に残った 車の足跡。
Gurotesukuna kodomotachi nomureya hodouni nokotta kuruma no sokuseki.
ぼやけ顔の月だけが 昨日 残した足跡を たどってゆく。
Boyake kao no gatsu dakega kinou nokoshita sokuseki wo tadotteyuku.
Oh にわとりの目隠し はがれたはずなのに 空を見つめたまま 止まって 止まって 止まってしまった。
Oh niwatorino mekakushi hagaretahazunanoni sora wo mitsu metamama tomatte tomatte tomatteshimatta.

(Walkin’ Thru the) Sleepy City
Walkin′thru' the sleepy city - In the dark it looks so pretty - Till I got to the one cafe - That stays open night and day.
Just a lookin′ at the sleepy city - In the night it looks so pretty - No one sees the city lights - They just care about the warmth inside.
No one listens to what people say - I just sit and hear the radio play - Just then this girl walked in my way - And she was as pretty as my sleepy city.
Will you walk through the sleepy city - In the night it looks so pretty - Tired of walkin on my own - It looks better when you're not alone.
Will you walk through the sleepy city - In the night it looks so pretty - I'm tired of walkin on my own - It looks better when you′re not alone.
Mm mm mm mm mm mm - Mm mm mm mm mm mm - La la la la la la - La la la la la la la la.
Will you walk through the sleepy city - In the night, well it looks so pretty - I′m tired of walkin on my own - It looks better when you're not alone.
C′mon walk through that sleepy city - I said in the night it looks so pretty - I'm tired of walkin that park on my own - It looks better when you′re not alone.

Pale Blue Eyes
Sometimes I feel so happy - Sometimes I feel so sad - Sometimes I feel so happy - But mostly, you just make me mad - Baby, you just make me mad.
Linger on your pale blue eyes - Linger on your pale blue eyes.
Thought of you as my mountain top - Thought of you as my peak - Thought of you as everything - I′ve had, but couldn't keep - I′ve had, but couldn't keep.
Linger on your pale blue eyes - Linger on your pale blue eyes.
If I could make the world as pure - and strange as what I see - I'd put you in the mirror - I put in front of me - I put in front of me.
Linger on your pale blue eyes - Linger on your pale blue eyes.
Skip a life completely - Stuff it in a cup - She said, money is like us in time - It lies, but can′t stand up - Down for you is up.
Linger on your pale blue eyes - Linger on your pale blue eyes.
It was good what we did yesterday - And I′d do it once again - The fact that you are married - only proves, you're my best friend - But it′s truly, truly a sin.
Linger on your pale blue eyes - Linger on your pale blue eyes.

Feeling Good
Birds flying high, you know how I feel - Sun in the sky, you know how I feel - Breeze driftin′ on by, you know how I feel - It's a new dawn, it′s a new day, it's a new life for me - And I'm feeling good.
Fish in the sea, you know how I feel - River running free, you know how I feel - Blossom on the tree, you know how I feel - It′s a new dawn, it's a new day, it′s a new life for me - And I'm feeling good.
Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean, don′t you know? - Butterflies all havin' fun, you know what I mean - Sleep in peace when day is done, that′s what I mean - And this old world, is a new world, and a bold world for me - For me.
Stars when you shine, you know how I feel - Scent of the pine, you know how I feel - Oh, freedom is mine, and I know how I feel - It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it′s a new life, huh for me.
Oh I'm feeling good.

House of the Rising Sun
There is a house in New Orleans - They call the Rising Sun - And it′s been the ruin of many a poor boy - And God, I know I'm one.
My mother was a tailor - She sewed my new blue jeans - My father was a gamblin′ man - Down in New Orleans.
Now the only thing a gambler needs - Is a suitcase and a trunk - And the only time he's satisfied - Is when he's on a trump.
Oh mother, tell your children - Not to do what I have done - Spend your lives in sin and misery - In the House of the Rising Sun.
Well, I got one foot on the platform - The other foot on the train - I′m goin′ back to New Orleans - To wear that ball and chain.
Well, there is a house in New Orleans - They call the Rising Sun - And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy - And God, I know I′m one.

(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay
Sittin′ in the morning sun - I'll be sittin′ when the evenin' comes - Watchin' the ships roll in - Then I watch them roll away again, yeah.
I′m just sittin′ on the dock of the bay - Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh - I′m sittin' on the dock of the bay - Wastin′ time.
I left my home in Georgia - And I headed for the Frisco Bay - 'Cause I′ve got nothin' to live for - And look like nothing's gonna come my way.
So, I′m just gon′ sit on the dock of the bay - Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh - I′m sittin' on the dock of the bay - Wastin′ time.
Look like nothing's gonna change - Everythin′ seems to stay the same - I can't do what ten people tell me to do - So I guess I'll remain the same.
Sittin′ here resting my bones - And this loneliness won′t leave me alone, listen - Two thousand miles I roam - Just to make this dock my home, now.
I'm just sittin′ on the dock of a bay - Watchin' the tides roll away, ooh - Sittin′ on the dock of the bay - I'm wastin′ time.



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