Good Morning

Good Morning

Important things are hard to say.

1959 ja 94 minutes

Rating: 7.7

Plot

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

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

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Kayoko Fukui

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Hiroshi Tomizawa

Teruko Nagaoka

Teruko Nagaoka

Toyoko Tomizawa

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi

Mitsue Haraguchi

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Tatsuzo Haraguchi

Akira Ōizumi

Akira Ōizumi

Akira Maruyama

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Mr. Ito

Akio Satake

Akio Satake

The Security Bell Man

Keijirō Morozumi

Keijirō Morozumi

Policeman

Mutsuko Sakura

Mutsuko Sakura

Oden Restaurant Woman

Norikazu Takeda

Norikazu Takeda

Zennosuke Okubo

Yôko Chimura

Yôko Chimura

Sakuma

Hajime Shirata

Hajime Shirata

Kozo Harada

Masuo Fujiki

Masuo Fujiki

Yoshikazu Okubo

Toshio Shimamura

Toshio Shimamura

Oden Restaurant Owner

Tsûsai Sugawara

Tsûsai Sugawara

Customer

Koji Shidara

Koji Shidara

Yôko Chimura

Yôko Chimura

Mr. Sakuma

Ayako Senno

Ayako Senno

Yuriko Tashiro

Yuriko Tashiro

Yoshie Minami

Yoshie Minami

Tomoka Hasebe

Tomoka Hasebe

Mr. Sakuma

Koji Shirotani

Koji Shirotani

Yukari Yamashina

Yukari Yamashina

Kazuko Mitsukawa

Kazuko Mitsukawa

Kôhei Kawamura

Kôhei Kawamura

Junko Hara

Junko Hara

Shôsuke Oni

Shôsuke Oni

Aiko Ikumi

Aiko Ikumi

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