Good Morning

Good Morning

7.7 | 1959-05-12 | Comedy Family Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Yasujirō Ozu Director
Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer
Yoshisaburo Seno Sound Director
Tatsuo Hamada Production Design
Yoshiyasu Hamamura Editor
Shizuo Yamanouchi Producer
Yûharu Atsuta Director of Photography
Kōgo Noda Screenplay
Yasujirō Ozu Screenplay
Akira Aomatsu Lighting Technician

Cast

Keiji Sada
Keiji Sada
Heiichiro Fukui
Yoshiko Kuga
Yoshiko Kuga
Setsuko Arita
Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
Keitaro Hayashi
Kuniko Miyake
Kuniko Miyake
Tamiko Hayashi
Haruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Kikue Haraguchi
Kōji Shitara
Kōji Shitara
Minoru Hayashi
Masahiko Shimazu
Masahiko Shimazu
Isamu Hayashi
Kyōko Izumi
Kyōko Izumi
Midori Maruyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Pushy Man
Toyo Takahashi
Toyo Takahashi
Shige Okubo

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