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.

Directed by: Yasujirō Ozu
Written by: Yasujirō Ozu & Kōgo Noda
Runtime: 94 minutes
Critics score:
Tagline: Important things are hard to say.
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 
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Also known as:
  • Good Morning
  • Yasujiro Ozu's Good Morning
  • Bom Dia
  • 안녕하세요
  • Dzień dobry
  • お早よう