293 reviews
Comedy/Family
1h 34m
1959
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...

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.
- DirectorYasujirō Ozu
- Release12 May 1959
- Genre
- Duration1h 34m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate293 reviews
- Productions
Shochiku
Cast

Keiji Sada
Heiichiro Fukui

Yoshiko Kuga
Setsuko Arita

Chishū Ryū
Keitaro Hayashi

Kuniko Miyake
Tamiko Hayashi

Haruko Sugimura
Kikue Haraguchi

Kōji Shitara
Minoru Hayashi

Masahiko Shimazu
Isamu Hayashi

Kyōko Izumi
Midori Maruyama

Taiji Tonoyama
Pushy Man

Toyo Takahashi
Shige Okubo

Sadako Sawamura
Kayoko Fukui

Eijirō Tōno
Hiroshi Tomizawa

Teruko Nagaoka
Toyoko Tomizawa

Eiko Miyoshi
Mitsue Haraguchi

Haruo Tanaka
Tatsuzo Haraguchi

Akira Ōizumi
Akira Maruyama

Fujio Suga
Mr. Ito

Keijirō Morozumi
Policeman

Mutsuko Sakura
Oden Restaurant Woman

Tsûsai Sugawara
Customer

Yuriko Tashiro

Yoshie Minami

Tomoka Hasebe
Mr. Sakuma
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