Sayonara

Sayonara (1957)

"I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire..."

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily, a by-the-book officer, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man, Joe Kelly, falls in love with a Japanese woman, Katsumi, and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.

Date of release
1957-12-25
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (150)
Runtime
2h 27m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Joshua Logan

Casting

  • Marlon Brando — Major Lloyd Gruver
  • Patricia Owens — Eileen Webster
  • James Garner — Capt. Mike Bailey
  • Martha Scott — Mrs. Webster
  • Miiko Taka — Hana-ogi
  • Miyoshi Umeki — Katsumi
  • Red Buttons — Joe Kelly
  • Kent Smith — Gen. Webster
  • Douglass Watson — Col. Craford
  • Reiko Kuba — Fumiko-san
  • Soo Yong — Terukosan
  • Ricardo Montalban — Nakamura

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