Good Morning (1959)
Good Morning (1959)
Important things are hard to say.
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.

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Cast

Keiji Sada Keiji Sada As: Heiichiro Fukui
Yoshiko Kuga Yoshiko Kuga As: Setsuko Arita
Chishū Ryū Chishū Ryū As: Keitaro Hayashi
Kuniko Miyake Kuniko Miyake As: Tamiko Hayashi
Haruko Sugimura Haruko Sugimura As: Kikue Haraguchi
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Storyline

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.


Tagline: Important things are hard to say.
Certification: U

Details

Genres: Comedy, Family, Drama

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 12 May 1959

Country: JP

Runtime: 94m

Company Credits

Company: Shochiku

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Cast

Directed By

Writing Credits

Kōgo Noda

Kōgo Noda

Screenplay

Yasujirō Ozu

Yasujirō Ozu

Screenplay

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

Yoshisaburo Seno

Yoshisaburo Seno

Sound Director

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Yûharu Atsuta

Yûharu Atsuta

Director of Photography

Lighting

Akira Aomatsu

Akira Aomatsu

Lighting Technician

Art Department

Tatsuo Hamada

Tatsuo Hamada

Production Design

Tatsuo Hamada

Tatsuo Hamada

Art Direction

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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