"Good morning" is an a-typical film for a late Ozu. The generation conflict is between young and adult and not between adult and old.
In this respect Ozu refers back to his early period, for example "I was born .... but" (1932). In "I was born ... but" the children become disappointed in their father, because he has a much humbler job than they first thought. In "Good morning" the children become disappointed in adults in general because they engage in meaningless small talk (the title of the film is an example of this small talk).
Typical Ozu is the attention for the modernization of Japan after the Second World War. In "Good morning" it is cool for the children to talk English, because this is a language their parents are not very familiar with. The youngest child has the habit of ending each conversation with "I love you". This is rather funny because either he is also not very familiar with English or his small talk is even more meaningless than that of the adults.
In this respect Ozu refers back to his early period, for example "I was born .... but" (1932). In "I was born ... but" the children become disappointed in their father, because he has a much humbler job than they first thought. In "Good morning" the children become disappointed in adults in general because they engage in meaningless small talk (the title of the film is an example of this small talk).
Typical Ozu is the attention for the modernization of Japan after the Second World War. In "Good morning" it is cool for the children to talk English, because this is a language their parents are not very familiar with. The youngest child has the habit of ending each conversation with "I love you". This is rather funny because either he is also not very familiar with English or his small talk is even more meaningless than that of the adults.