Good Morning

aka: Ohayo
Japan 1959, 94 minutes
Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
In Japanese with English subtitles
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama, Comedy

Feat. Shimazu Masahiko, Koji Shidara, Chishu Ryu, Yoshiko Kuga

Aroview: Ozu’s most accessible and scathing film amuses with its deceptively light-hearted tale of two boys’ vow of silence after being refused a television set by their parents in post-war, consumerist Japan. Vibrant technicolor photography is matched with an unexpected critique of stuffy Japanese culture. A remake of Ozu's silent comedy I WAS BORN, BUT...