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**Included Bonus**
- Newly written liner notes

**Bonus Video Content**
- Interview collection (approximately 125 minutes)
- "THE DAYS OF BEHIND PERFECT DAYS"〈Making of Japanese/English versions〉 (each approximately 18 minutes, total approximately 36 minutes)
- Short film "Some Body Comes Into the Light" (approximately 8 minutes)
- "Voice mail from TAKASHI" (approximately 2 minutes)
- Trailer (approximately 2 minutes)

**Title:**
If I Could Live Like This

**Product Description**
A beautiful session between the renowned German filmmaker Wim Wenders and Japan’s leading actor Koji Yakusho.
The film follows the existence of fiction as if it were a documentary.
A film born from Wenders’ mastery of both documentary and fiction.
At the 76th Cannes Film Festival in 2023, it was highly acclaimed as Wenders’ masterpiece, and Koji Yakusho won the Best Actor Award.
Since then, it has received numerous domestic and international film awards, and in March 2024, it achieved the remarkable feat of being nominated for the Best International Feature at the Academy Awards in the United States.
It has been decided for release in 86 countries worldwide and continues to be loved across the globe.

**Key Points of the Work**
- Winner of the Best Actor Award at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival 2023
- Nominated for the Best International Feature at the 96th Academy Awards 2024
- Winner of the Best Director Award at the 47th Japan Academy Prize 2024
- Among many other international film awards!
- Surpassed masterpieces like *Paris, Texas* and *Buena Vista Social Club* to achieve the highest worldwide box office in Wenders’ filmography!
- In Japan, it has attracted many repeat viewers, resulting in an unusually long-running hit!
- Includes a rare director interview and heartfelt cast and staff interviews totaling over 120 minutes (planned).
(Interviewees: Director Wim Wenders, Koji Yakusho, Min Tanaka, Koji Yanai, Donata Wenders, Saeko Hashimoto)
- Features the world premiere of the behind-the-scenes documentary "THE DAYS OF BEHIND PERFECT DAYS," compiled by co-screenwriter Takuma Takasaki, the "Japanese closest to Wenders over the past two years," available in both Japanese and English versions!
- Contains Wim Wenders’ short film *Some Body Comes Into the Light*, which premiered at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2023.
Wenders was captivated by Min Tanin and created a miraculous collaboration in this unique short film!
Wenders filmed the protagonist’s innermost feelings separately on the final day of shooting in Japan.
The footage was so vivid and compelling that it could not be included in the main film. After the Cannes awards ceremony, the director decided to turn that footage into a standalone work.
It was further enhanced with music by the world-renowned musician Jun Miyake, who has collaborated with Wenders on projects like *Pina* and the Wenders Foundation, resulting in a more beautiful and mystical piece.
A story without words, filled with the flickering of time and light—truly unique.
- Scheduled for nationwide release from December 22, 2023, at TOHO Cinemas Chanter and other theaters across Japan.

**Synopsis**
Hirayama (Koji Yakusho), working as a toilet cleaner in Shibuya, Tokyo, lives a quiet, monotonous daily life.
He wakes up at the same time, prepares the same way, and works the same hours.
It may seem like each day repeats itself, but no two days are exactly the same; he lives each day as if it were new.
His way of living is even beautiful. He loves trees.
He squints at the dappled sunlight created by the trees.
An unexpected event occurs in his daily life, which slightly shakes his past.

**Cast**
- Koji Yakusho as Hirayama
- Tokuma Kanematsu as Takashi
- Arisa Nakano as Nico
- Yamada Aoi as Aya
- Yumi Asō as Keiko
- Sayuri Ishikawa as Mama
- Min Tanaka as Homeless
- Tomokazu Miura as Tomoyama

**Staff**
- Director: Wim Wenders
- Screenplay: Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki
- Producer: Koji Yanai
- Executive Producer: Koji Yakusho
- Production: Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki, Reiko Kunieda, Keiko Tominaga, Kouta Yahana, Jin Okau
- Cinematography: Franz Lustig
- Art: Towa Kuwajima
- Stylist: Daisuke Iga
- Hair & Makeup: Katsuhiko Yumi
- Editing: Tony Froushammer
- Sound Design & Sound Editing: Matthias Lenpert
- Installation: Donata Wenders

**DVD: 2-Disc Set**
- Year: 2023
- Color
- Main feature: 124 minutes + bonus content approximately 173 minutes
- Main feature aspect ratio: 16:9 PB Standard Size
- Main & bonus: Single-sided, dual-layer
- Format: MPEG-2
- Audio: Original Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
- Non-reproducible / For sale only

**Produced by:** MASTER MIND Ltd. (2023)
**Distributor:** Bits of End
**Sales:** TC Entertainment
**Cooperation for Release:** Scarlet