Good Morning
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
   Oden'ya no Nyôbô
   Zennosuke Ôkubo
   Sakuma Sensei
   Kôzô Harada
   Yoshikazu Ôkubo
   Oden'ya no Teishu
   Kyaku - Tsû-san