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Wim Wenders Shot Fiction Like a Documentary
26 Apr
Summary
- Wim Wenders presented Koji Yakusho with a lifetime achievement award.
- Wenders treated the filming of 'Perfect Days' as a documentary.
- Yakusho celebrated nearly five decades in acting.
Wim Wenders traveled to Udine to personally present Koji Yakusho with the Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 28th Far East Film Festival. Wenders described how their collaboration on "Perfect Days" abandoned traditional fiction filmmaking conventions.
He explained that on the third day of shooting, Yakusho had "transcended the part," exceeding the script's vision. Wenders then applied documentary discipline, shooting fiction as if it were a documentary, a method he believed was unprecedented.
"Perfect Days," co-written by Wenders and Takasaki Takuma, earned Yakusho the best actor prize at Cannes. Yakusho, celebrating his 48th year as an actor, expressed gratitude to all who shaped his career.
The Golden Mulberry is the Far East Film Festival's highest honor. Yakusho, a defining presence in Japanese cinema for four decades, has worked across genres and collaborated extensively with director Kurosawa Kiyoshi.
