German director Wim Wenders (wings of desire, paris texas) signed the film to be filmed in public restrooms in Tokyo, Japan. Yes, bathrooms.
A fiction film starring Japanese leader Koji Yakusho (Babylon, the third murder), will be installed in a public restroom as part of a true urban renewal project known as the “Tokyo Toilet Project”, which includes the creation of 17 public restrooms in key areas of the Japanese capital with world-renowned Japanese designs. Architects like Tadao Ando and Su Fujimoto. Each toilet has a futuristic, all-glass front design, with walls that instantly fill with opaque gas as the customer enters, with individual features and the exuberance typical of its famous designers.
Wenders said he was inspired by the project’s futuristic look and unique cultural ethos and decided to change his upcoming untitled film into one of them. Yakusho is expected to play one of the futuristic bathroom cleaners, though additional story details are being kept under wraps.
“The bathroom is a place where everyone is equal, not rich and poor, not old and young, they are part of all humanity,” Wenders said in a statement. “Ideally, there’s something very Japanese about the whole environment. And I almost think it’s a utopian idea.”
Wenders is currently exploring additional locations in Tokyo for the film. Production is expected to begin later this year, with release in 2023. The filmmaker has a long association with Japan, directing his documentaries. Tokyo-ga (1985) by Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu and Notebooks about cities and clothes (1989) about fashion designer Yoji Yamamoto.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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