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


7.7|12 May, 1959|94 min
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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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Keywords
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Casts

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
The Security Bell Man
Keijirō Morozumi
Keijirō Morozumi
Policeman
Mutsuko Sakura
Mutsuko Sakura
Oden Restaurant Woman
Norikazu Takeda
Zennosuke Okubo
Yôko Chimura
Sakuma
Hajime Shirata
Kozo Harada
Masuo Fujiki
Yoshikazu Okubo
Toshio Shimamura
Oden Restaurant Owner
Tsûsai Sugawara
Tsûsai Sugawara
Customer
Koji Shidara
Yôko Chimura
Mr. Sakuma
Ayako Senno
Yuriko Tashiro
Yuriko Tashiro
Yoshie Minami
Yoshie Minami
Tomoka Hasebe
Tomoka Hasebe
Mr. Sakuma
Koji Shirotani
Yukari Yamashina
Kazuko Mitsukawa
Kôhei Kawamura
Junko Hara
Shôsuke Oni
Aiko Ikumi

Crews

Yasujirō Ozu
Yasujirō Ozu
Director
Shizuo Yamanouchi
Producer
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Editor
Tatsuo Hamada
Production Design
Yoshisaburo Seno
Sound Director
Yûharu Atsuta
Director of Photography
Kōgo Noda
Kōgo Noda
Screenplay
Yasujirō Ozu
Yasujirō Ozu
Screenplay
Akira Aomatsu
Lighting Technician
Motoshige Oikawa
Color Timer
Tatsuo Hamada
Art Direction

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