Good Morning
1959 · Movie · 94 min · ★ 7.7 · 88% critics
Two young boys stop speaking after their parents refuse to buy a television set, turning their home life into a gentle protest. Set in a Tokyo suburb, the story follows family routines and neighborhood chatter while offering subtle, playful observations about how generations clash over everyday changes and consumer dreams.
Also known as Yasujiro Ozu's Good Morning
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Details
- Original title
- お早よう
- Years
- 1959
- Release date
- 1959-05-12
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (314 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle, nostalgic family comedy with light satire and quiet tension between generations; Not for you if you need a big, eventful plot or dislike flatulence-focused jokes like in My Neighbors the Yamadas.
Pros: charming family comedy; subtle social laughs; vibrant suburban life | Cons: plot feels slight; humor can be juvenile; pacing may feel slow
Themes
- japan
- parent child relationship
- brotherhood
- protest
- inflation
- consumerism
- gossip
- noisy neighbor
- post war japan
- neighborhood
- japanese family
- door to door salesman
- +11 more
Cast & crew
Keiji Sada
as Heiichiro Fukui
Yoshiko Kuga
as Setsuko Arita
Chishū Ryū
as Keitaro Hayashi
Kuniko Miyake
as Tamiko Hayashi
Haruko Sugimura
as Kikue Haraguchi
Kōji Shitara
as Minoru Hayashi
Masahiko Shimazu
as Isamu Hayashi
Kyōko Izumi
as Midori Maruyama
Taiji Tonoyama
as Pushy Man
Toyo Takahashi
as Shige Okubo
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu