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Wenders making a film about fancy public restrooms in Japan

Filmmaker Wim Wenders, left, and actor Koji Yakusho pose together during a press gathering for The Tokyo Toilet art project in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Wenders is making a film about beatified Japanese toilets that will have what the German director calls “social meaning” about people in modern cities. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) Filmmaker Wim Wenders, left, and actor Koji Yakusho pose together during a press gathering for The Tokyo Toilet art project in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Wenders is making a film about beatified Japanese toilets that will have what the German director calls “social meaning” about people in modern cities. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) A worker cleans inside the public restroom which was designed by architect Tadao Ando in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Wim Wenders is making a film about beatified Japanese toilets that will have what the German director calls “social meaning” about people in modern cities.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) A man leaves the public restroom which was designed by architect Tadao Ando in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Wim Wenders is making a film about beatified Japanese toilets that will have what the German director calls “social meaning” about people in modern cities. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) FILE- People gather at Yoyogi Hukamachi Mini Park in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2020. Wim Wenders is making a film about beatified Japanese toilets that will have what the German director calls “social meaning” about people in modern cities.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File) FILE- A man uses a transparent toilet that has turned opaque, right, after the door was locked at Haru-no-Owaga Community Park in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2020. Wim Wenders is making a film about beatified Japanese toilets that will have what the German director calls “social meaning” about people in modern cities.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File) Filmmaker Wim Wenders smiles during a press gathering for The Tokyo Toilet art project in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Wenders is making a film about beatified Japanese toilets that will have what the German director calls “social meaning” about people in modern cities. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Wenders making a film about fancy public restrooms in Japan