10.26.05
Movie Review: Ohayo [Good Morning] (1959)

Yasujiro Ozu made a number of films after World War II depicting the westernization of Japan and breakdown of the traditional family, but this one, a lightweight domestic comedy, is his funniest and giddiest: two young brothers go on strike, taking a vow of silence, when their parents refuse to buy a television set. This drama plays out against the backdrop of a gossipy Tokyo suburb and the adults' equally silly dramas- did one of the housewives embezzle funds from the ladies club to buy a washing machine? What's up with that slutty Mrs. Maroyama laying around the house in her pajamas all day? Will the older sister's would-be suitor ever get up the nerve to ask her out?

Additionally, it has trombone-overdubbed farting sound effects.