Ohayô (1959)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Yasujiro Ozu

Writers:

Kôgo Noda (screenplay) &
Yasujiro Ozu (screenplay)

Release Date:

February 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Two boys go into a silence strike to pressurize their parents into buying them a TV set.

Plot Keywords:

Boy | Television | Japan | 1950s | Remake

Cast

Keiji Sada	...	Heichiro Fukui
Yoshiko Kuga	...	Setsuko Arita
Chishu Ryu	...	Keitaro Hayashi
Kuniko Miyake	...	Tamiko
Haruko Sugimura	...	Kikue Haraguchi
Koji Shitara	...	Minoru
Masahiko Shimazu	...	Isamu
Kyouko Izumi	...	Midori Maruyama
Toyo Takahashi	...	Shige Okubo
Sadako Sawamura	...	Kayoko Fukui
Eijirô Tôno	...	Tomizawa
Teruko Nagaoka	...	Mrs. Tomizawa
Eiko Miyoshi	...	Grandma Haraguchi
Haruo Tanaka	...	Haraguchi
Akira Oizumi	...	Akira Maruyama

Also Known As:

Good Morning (International: English title)
Ohayo (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
Yasujiro Ozu's Good Morning (USA)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | UK:U (1975) | Australia:G | Spain:T

Company:

Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo

Quotes:

Isamu: I love you.

Movie Connections:

References The Defiant Ones (1958)

Delightful and Critical View of the Behavior of the Japanese Working Class Under the American Influence

In a small community of workers in Japan, two brothers decide to not speak because they want to force their parents to buy a television.

With this single storyline, Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu exposes a delightful and critical view of the behavior of the Japanese working class under the American influence in the post-WWII. Once again the major concern of Ozu is with the family and human relationship. The situation of the retired people is magnificently pictured through the desperate men looking for a job; the domination of the USA in Japan is represented through the need of private English classes for the two brothers, and the translation of documents to English; superfluous consume of the American society is represented through the importance of the useless television for the younger generation, while their parents are concerned with have some savings for their retirement. The destructive little gossips, the difficulties of communication, and many other problems of relationship are also shown in this little gem. For movie lovers like me, I regret to inform that this is the first DVD of the great director released in Brazil. Only in festivals, and occasionally in cable television, Brazilians have the chance to see the work of this great director. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Bom Dia" ("Good Morning")