Perfect Days

The nine public toilets featured in the movie were built to help welcome visitors to Japan as part of the planned Summer Olympics in 2020. As the pandemic delayed the Olympics, Koji Yannai, a senior executive for Fast Retailing (known for its Uniqlo brand) sought a way to still make the toilets known internationally, contacted several screenwriters and advertisers, leading to the idea of having a well-known film director produce a documentary about these toilets. Given an invitation to produce the documentary, Wim Wenders decided to make a feature instead.

At 1:06, as Hirayama approaches bookstore on his bike, he is seen wearing running shoes and his sleeves rolled down. When he enters the bookstore, he's sleeves are rolled up which he rolls down. And he is wearing rain boots.