Good Morning (1959)
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.
Cast
Heiichiro Fukui
Setsuko Arita
Kayoko Fukui
Hiroshi Tomizawa
Toyoko Tomizawa
Mitsue Haraguchi
Tatsuzo Haraguchi
Akira Maruyama
Mr. Ito
The Security Bell Man
Policeman
Oden Restaurant Woman
Keitaro Hayashi
Zennosuke Okubo
Sakuma
Kozo Harada
Yoshikazu Okubo
Oden Restaurant Owner
Customer
Mr. Sakuma
Tamiko Hayashi
Mr. Sakuma
Kikue Haraguchi
Minoru Hayashi
Isamu Hayashi
Midori Maruyama
Pushy Man
Shige Okubo
Crew
Director
Producer
Original Music Composer
Editor
Production Design
Sound Director
Director of Photography
Screenplay
Screenplay
Lighting Technician
Color Timer
Art Direction