Staff Picks: Good Morning (1959)

Staff Picks 2026 @ Moxie Cinema
Every month a member of the Moxie staff picks a film that impacted their lives and we put it up on the big screen. The Staff Picks series is Free for Members.
November's pick was made by Blake Tucker.

Ozu's hilarious Technicolor reworking of his silent I Was Born, But . . . , Good Morning (Ohayô) is the story of two young boys in suburban Tokyo who take a vow of silence after their parents refuse to buy them a television set. Shot from the perspective of the petulant brothers, Good Morning is an enchantingly satirical portrait of family life that gives rise to gags about romance, gossip, and the consumerism of modern Japan. [Janus]

Starring: Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishū Ryū
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family