76-year-old German director Wim Wenders, one of Europe’s most well-known filmmakers, is making a new film as part of the Tokyo Toilet Project, an urban art initiative in which well-known architects made 17 dilapidated bathrooms in Shibuya as works of art. art. One bathroom features a cozy and colored cabin that darkens when the door is closed, while the other features wood paneling designed by Olympic Stadium architect Kengo Kuma.

“There is a Japanese spirit in this idea and in the decoration of the bathrooms,” Wenders told an AFP press conference yesterday, calling it a “perfect” idea. He explained that the project organizers contacted him and inspired him to make a film, which includes four novella, in which famous Japanese actor Koji Yakusho plays a janitor.
Wenders expressed his pleasure at working with Japanese architect Tadao Ondo, who contributed to the project by designing a sleek circular structure fitted with thin air slats.
Seventeen toilets in Tokyo have been renovated and are now in use. This isn’t the first time Wenders has taken a job in Tokyo, having previously directed Tokyo-ga, a tribute to the city through the eyes of film guru Yasujiro Ozu, and a documentary about the Japanese fashion designer who Yuji Yamamoto. .