Good Morning

Good Morning

94 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | May 12, 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.

Good Morning

94 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | May 12, 1959

Good Morning
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title お早よう
Directors Yasujirō Ozu
Writers Kōgo Noda, Yasujirō Ozu

Cast

Keiji Sada

as Heiichirô Fukui

Yoshiko Kuga

as Setsuko Arita

Chishū Ryū

as Keitarô Hayashi

Kuniko Miyake

as Tamiko Hayashi

Haruko Sugimura

as Kikue Haraguchi

Kôji Shitara

as Minoru Hayashi

Masahiko Shimazu

as Isamu Hayashi

Kyôko Izumi

as Midori Maruyama

Taiji Tonoyama

as Oshiuri no Otoko

Toyo Takahashi

as Shige Ôkubo

Sadako Sawamura

as Kayoko Fukui

Eijirō Tōno

as Tomizawa

Teruko Nagaoka

as Toyoko Tomizawa

Eiko Miyoshi

as Mitsue Haraguchi

Haruo Tanaka

as Tatsuzô Haraguchi

Akira Ôizumi

as Akira Maruyama

Fujio Suga

as Itô Sensei

Akio Satake

as Bôhan Beru no Otoko

Mutsuko Sakura

as Oden'ya no Nyôbô

Norikazu Takeda

as Zennosuke Ôkubo

Yôko Chimura

as Sakuma Sensei /

Hajime Shirata

as Kôzô Harada

Masuo Fujiki

as Yoshikazu Ôkubo

Toshio Shimamura

as Oden'ya no Teishu

Tsûsai Sugawara

as Kyaku - Tsû-san