Good Morning (1959)

Good Morning (1959)

1959-05-12 Japan 94 Min. PG-13
7.7 271 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

佐田啓二 is Heiichiro Fukui
Heiichiro Fukui
久我美子 is Setsuko Arita
Setsuko Arita
笠智衆 is Keitaro Hayashi
Keitaro Hayashi
三宅邦子 is Tamiko Hayashi
Tamiko Hayashi
杉村春子 is Kikue Haraguchi
Kikue Haraguchi
Kôji Shitara is Minoru Hayashi
Minoru Hayashi
Masahiko Shimazu is Isamu Hayashi
Isamu Hayashi
Kyōko Izumi is Midori Maruyama
Midori Maruyama
殿山泰司 is Pushy Man
Pushy Man
高橋とよ is Shige Okubo
Shige Okubo
沢村貞子 is Kayoko Fukui
Kayoko Fukui
東野英治郎 is Hiroshi Tomizawa
Hiroshi Tomizawa