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.
CountryJapan
Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
Production year1959
Also known as
Ohayô, Good Morning, Guten Morgen, Bom Dia, Bonjour, Dobré ráno, 早安, Bon dia, Buenos días, Buna dimineata, Buon giorno, Dzień dobry, God morgen, God morgen!, God morgon, Goedemorgen, Günaydın, Hyvää huomenta, Jó reggelt!, Labas rytas, Labrīt, Ohayou, Tere hommikust, Καλημέρα, Добро утро, Доброе утро!, お早よう