

Good Morning
Visit website7.7/10 • 298
1959-05-12 • 1h 34m
Important things are hard to say.
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.
- Directors
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Editors
- Yoshiyasu Hamamura

Good Morning
Visit website1959-05-12 • 1h 34m
7.7/10 • 298
Important things are hard to say.
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.
- Directors
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Editors
- Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsKeiji 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
Reviews0
We don't have any reviews for Good Morning.
Media
Recommendations
Ladies of the Chorus
6.5
The Bride from Hades
7.6
Asako in Ruby Shoes
6.9
White Paws
5.4
The Morning After
3.8
No Backdrop
Free Love
6.0
An Autumn Afternoon
7.8
Late Autumn
7.8
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
6.7
Floating Weeds
7.5
Mike Birbiglia: Thank God for Jokes
7.4
The End of Summer
7.5
Empire of Passion
7.0
Saraband
7.3
Early Spring
7.5
The Story of Qiu Ju
7.3
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
7.3
A Tale of Winter
7.1
Tokyo Twilight
7.7
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Budget
- --
- Revenue
- --
- Keywords
- japanparent child relationshipbrotherhoodprotestinflationconsumerismgossipnoisy neighborpost war japanneighborhoodjapanese familydoor to door salesmanfamily dynamicsmischievous childrentown gossiptelevision setboyssmall talkmissing moneysilencechild outsmarts adultgenerational dividefarting