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Good Morning

Original title: Ohayô
  • 19591959
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 34m
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7.8/10
9.9K
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Good Morning (1959)
Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.
Play trailer3:46
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Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
9.9K
YOUR RATING
    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Kôgo Noda
    • Yasujirô Ozu
  • Stars
    • Keiji Sada
    • Yoshiko Kuga
    • Chishû Ryû
    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Kôgo Noda
    • Yasujirô Ozu
  • Stars
    • Keiji Sada
    • Yoshiko Kuga
    • Chishû Ryû
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 48User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
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    Kuniko Miyake, Chishû Ryû, Kôji Shitara, and Masahiko Shimazu in Good Morning (1959)
    Good Morning (1959)
    Yoshiko Kuga and Keiji Sada in Good Morning (1959)
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    Good Morning (1959)
    Kôji Shitara in Good Morning (1959)
    Good Morning (1959)
    Yoshiko Kuga and Keiji Sada in Good Morning (1959)
    Teruko Nagaoka, Haruko Sugimura, and Toyo Takahashi in Good Morning (1959)
    Chishû Ryû in Good Morning (1959)
    Yoshiko Kuga in Good Morning (1959)
    Keiji Sada, Kôji Shitara, and Masahiko Shimazu in Good Morning (1959)

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    Keiji Sada
    Keiji Sada
    • Heiichirô Fukui
    Yoshiko Kuga
    Yoshiko Kuga
    • Setsuko Arita
    Chishû Ryû
    Chishû Ryû
    • Keitarô Hayashi
    Kuniko Miyake
    Kuniko Miyake
    • Tamiko Hayashi
    Haruko Sugimura
    Haruko Sugimura
    • Kikue Haraguchi
    Kôji Shitara
    Kôji Shitara
    • Minoru Hayashi
    Masahiko Shimazu
    Masahiko Shimazu
    • Isamu Hayashi
    Kyôko Izumi
    Kyôko Izumi
    • Midori Maruyama
    Toyo Takahashi
    Toyo Takahashi
    • Shige Ôkubo
    Sadako Sawamura
    Sadako Sawamura
    • Kayoko Fukui
    Eijirô Tôno
    Eijirô Tôno
    • Tomizawa
    Teruko Nagaoka
    Teruko Nagaoka
    • Toyoko Tomizawa
    Eiko Miyoshi
    Eiko Miyoshi
    • Mitsue Haraguchi
    Haruo Tanaka
    Haruo Tanaka
    • Haraguchi
    Akira Ôizumi
    Akira Ôizumi
    • Akira Maruyama
    Fujio Suga
    Fujio Suga
    • Itô Sensei - Minoru's Teacher
    Taiji Tonoyama
    Taiji Tonoyama
    • Oshiuri no Otoko - Salesman
    Akio Satake
    • Bôhan Beru no Otoko
      • Yasujirô Ozu
      • Kôgo Noda
      • Yasujirô Ozu
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    • Trivia
      Yasujirô Ozu: [movie posters] Ozu pays tribute to his cinematic influences by putting all kinds of film posters all over the wall in his films. In this movie, there are two posters, one of The Defiant Ones (1958) (at 08:30) and one of The Lovers (1958) (at 08:07), both at the neighbors' house.
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    9/10
    Light as a.... fart
    Ozu's films always balance humour, heartbreak and social comment - in this film the balance is decidedly in favour of humour. Its hard to imagine a slighter story to build a full movie - two little boys who decide not to speak for a few days in a huff over being denied a TV. But Ozu builds a whole world out of this dull little suburb in a Japan just getting on its feet after the war and embracing consumerism as an alternative to..... well, whatever went before.

    I think only Ozu could make boring mass produced housing look so utterly gorgeous in full colour, and the minor bickering of the household ladies seem so important. He's helped by a fantastic cast, especially the child actors playing the little boys (oddly enough, there doesn't seem to be any little girls in this suburb). The story has layer up layer of irony (aided by numerous fart jokes) built up upon its slight foundations making an utterly fascinating film. As usual with Ozu, he doesn't lecture, although as always his sympathy is slightly tilted to the somewhat bemused father figures. Even the simple ending, a shot of laundry fluttering on a line, seems somehow laden with meaning. The whole film is a pure delight.
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    • May 3, 2010

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      • February 1962 (United States)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
      • English
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      • Shochiku
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    • 1 hour 34 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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