Japan Classics Screening and Talk Seires #2

• Aug 15, 2019 ~ Aug 15, 2019
• 6 pm - 8:30 pm
• The Japan Foundation, Yangon
  No.70, Nat Mauk Lane (1), Bahan Township, Yangon

Good Morning
(original title: Ohayo / 1959 / 2013 / 94 min / Color)
Director: Yasujiro Ozu

Screenplay: Yasujiro Ozu, Kogo Noda
Cast: Koji Shitara, Masahiko Shimazu, Chishu Ryu, Kuniko Miyake, Yoshiko Kuga, Keiji Sada
©1959/2013 Shochiku Co., Ltd.

The film will be shown with English subtitles.

Talk by Dr. Aung Min

Talk will be in Burmese translated to Japanese.

Free Admission.

Organized by:
The Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japanese Government,
The Embassy of Japan in Myanmar,
Japan Foundation, Yangon

Synopsis
Several families live alongside each other in rows of small houses in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. One of them is home to the Hayashi family, comprised of office worker Keitaro, his wife Tamiko, her younger sister Setsuko, and their elementary school age sons Minoru and Isamu. The boys pester their parents to buy a television but to no avail, so they spend all their free time with the other neighborhood children ensconced in the home of a young couple with the only television on the block. Meanwhile, breaking wind becomes a fad among the local kids, and they pour their energies into trying different methods of producing flatulent sounds on command. Meanwhile, a minor dispute breaks out among the local housewives over fees for the local women’s association.
Tamiko admonishes Minoru and Isamu for persistently pleading for a television, and Keitaro angrily scolds them for saying unnecessary things. The children retort that adults say needless things too, such as “Good day,” “Good morning,” and “Nice weather we’re having.” Then they implement a new strategy: a vow of silence…