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Rating: 8 stars

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All movies seen on 03/06/2013

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Good Morning (1959)

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

Comedy | Family | Drama

Overview

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.

Length 94 minutes

Actors

Keiji Sada | Yoshiko Kuga | Chishū Ryū | Kuniko Miyake | Haruko Sugimura | Kôji Shitara | Masahiko Shimazu | Kyôko Izumi | Taiji Tonoyama | Toyo Takahashi | Sadako Sawamura | Eijirô Tôno | Teruko Nagaoka | Eiko Miyoshi | Haruo Tanaka | Akira Ôizumi | Fujio Suga | Akio Satake | Keijirô Morozumi | Mutsuko Sakura | Norikazu Takeda | Hajime Shirata | Masuo Fujiki | Toshio Shimamura | Tsûsai Sugawara | Koji Shidara | Yôko Chimura | Ayako Senno | Yuriko Tashiro | Yoshie Minami | Tomoka Hasebe | Koji Shirotani | Yukari Yamashina | Kazuko Mitsukawa | Kôhei Kawamura | Junko Hara | Shôsuke Oni | Aiko Ikumi

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Can’t pass up an opportunity to see an Ozu on the big screen no matter how times I’ve seen it. Maybe my favorite Ozu too. I’m glad NW Chicago Film Society programs the occasional Japanese film… okay, so only Ozu so far but I’ll take it. Still makes me laugh. Love the layers here about everyday life, Japanese and people.

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