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Movie - 94mins

ComedyFamilyDrama

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.

Rating: 7.717

Cast:

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Kazuko

Mitsukawa

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Kôhei

Kawamura

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Junko

Hara

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Shôsuke

Oni

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Aiko

Ikumi

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Keiji

Sada

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Yoshiko

Kuga

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Chishū

Ryū

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Kuniko

Miyake

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Haruko

Sugimura

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Kōji

Shitara

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Masahiko

Shimazu

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Kyōko

Izumi

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Taiji

Tonoyama

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Toyo

Takahashi

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Sadako

Sawamura

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Eijirō

Tōno

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Teruko

Nagaoka

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Eiko

Miyoshi

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Haruo

Tanaka

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Akira

Ōizumi

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Fujio

Suga

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Akio

Satake

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Keijirō

Morozumi

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Mutsuko

Sakura

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Norikazu

Takeda

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Yôko

Chimura

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Hajime

Shirata

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Masuo

Fujiki

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Toshio

Shimamura

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Tsûsai

Sugawara

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Koji

Shidara

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Yôko

Chimura

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Ayako

Senno

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Yuriko

Tashiro

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Yoshie

Minami

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Tomoka

Hasebe

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Koji

Shirotani

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Yukari

Yamashina

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Kazuko

Mitsukawa

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Kôhei

Kawamura

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Junko

Hara

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Shôsuke

Oni

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Aiko

Ikumi

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Keiji

Sada

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Yoshiko

Kuga

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Chishū

Ryū

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Kuniko

Miyake

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Haruko

Sugimura