Ohayô
Yasujirô Ozu
A town in the suburbs of Tokyo. Mothers take care of their homes while being jealous of other people's, fathers meet in cafés and worry about retirement, while sons spend their time watching television at the neighbours'. One evening, Minaru and Isamu urge their parents to get their own television, but in vain. The elder decides to go on “silence strike”, soon to be followed by his younger brother…
With : Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishu Ryu, Kuniko Miyake, Haruko Sugimura, Koji Shitara, Masahiko Shimazu
Screenplay : Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
Image : Yûharu Atsuta
Sound : Yoshisaburô Senoo
Editing : Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Music : Toshirô Mayuzumi
Screenplay : Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
Image : Yûharu Atsuta
Sound : Yoshisaburô Senoo
Editing : Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Music : Toshirô Mayuzumi
Production : Shôchiku Eiga
Distribution: Carlotta
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Distribution: Carlotta
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With Ohayo (Good Morning), Yasujirô Ozu gives a variation on his 1932 silent film ne variation de Umarete wa mita keredo (I Was Born, But…) where two brothers go on hunger strike after a family argument about “becoming someone”. Contemporary to Mon oncle (My Uncle), the film also questions the arrival of a form of progress (represented here by television) at the heart of everyday life. Ozu humorously describes the conflictual relationships in a loving home sometimes crushed by the weight of traditional strictures. Using the tatami shot process he created, he films his characters from below, at tatami height, increasing the feeling of weight.