Good Morning (1959) [Ohayo] Criterion 1080p BluRay x265 HEVC AAC-SARTRE

Yasujiro Ozu's Ohayo (Good Morning) is a comedy about a pair of boys who bring much trouble to their family and community by refusing to do very basic activities. The boys desire a television, but their father refuses. They are so insistent that the father eventually commands them to be quiet. They take him quite literally and refuse to speak at all, not even a typical polite morning greeting. Their impoliteness begins to weigh down both the family and the town as it goes against the ordered social structure of Japanese culture. The film is a remake of Ozu's earlier 1932 silent film I Was Born, But...

Extras

• I Was Born, but... - presented here is Yasujiro Ozu's 1932 silent film which he later on remade, in color, as Good Morning. (90 min, 720p).

• A Straightforward Boy - presented here are fourteen surviving minutes from Yasujiro Ozu's 1929 silent comedy. It is the first film in which the Japanese master used children. (14 min, 720p).

• David Cairns - presented here is a brand new video essay by critic David Cairns that examines the important role humor has in Yasujiro Ozu's films and the manner in which it frequently impacts their rhythm, tone and appearance. With extracts from various films. In English, not subtitled. (18 min, 720p).

• David Bordwell - in this new video interview, film scholar David Bordwell discusses the key qualities that define Yasujirô Ozu's work, as well as some of the similarities and differences between I Was Born, but... and its remake, Good Morning. The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion in February 2017. In English, not subtitled. (19 min, 720p).