Good Morning (1959)
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
Release Date: 1959-05-12
7.7/10
7.7/10
- Country: JP
- Language: 日本語
- Runtime: 94
Keitarô Hayashi
Tatsuzo Haraguchi
Heiichiro Fukui
Setsuko Arita
Tamiko Hayashi
Kikue Haraguchi
Minoru Hayashi
Isamu Hayashi
Midori Maruyama
Pushy Man
Shige Okubo
Kayoko Fukui
Hiroshi Tomizawa
Toyoko Tomizawa
Mitsue Haraguchi
Akira Maruyama
Mr. Ito
Policeman
Oden Restaurant Woman
Customer
Keitaro Hayashi
Mr. Sakuma
