Good Morning (1959)
Starring Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishū Ryū
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
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.
Runtime: 94 min.
Rating: 7.8
DVD
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan
Genres: Comedy,Drama,Family
Keywords: japan,television,neighborhood,television set
Cast
Heiichirô Fukui
Setsuko Arita
Keitarô Hayashi
Tamiko Hayashi
Kikue Haraguchi
Minoru Hayashi
Isamu Hayashi
Midori Maruyama
Oshiuri no Otoko
Shige Ôkubo
Kayoko Fukui
Tomizawa
Toyoko Tomizawa
Mitsue Haraguchi
Tatsuzô Haraguchi
Akira Maruyama
Itô Sensei
Bôhan Beru no Otoko
Junsa
Oden'ya no Nyôbô
Zennosuke Ôkubo
Sakuma Sensei
Kôzô Harada
Yoshikazu Ôkubo
Oden'ya no Teishu
Kyaku - Tsû-san