Sayonara

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Sayonara

"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.

Release Date

1957-12-25

Year

1957

Duration

2h 27m

Status

Released

Score

6.70

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Cast

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

Major Lloyd Gruver

Patricia Owens

Patricia Owens

Eileen Webster

James Garner

James Garner

Capt. Mike Bailey

Martha Scott

Martha Scott

Mrs. Webster

Miiko Taka

Miiko Taka

Hana-ogi

Miyoshi Umeki

Miyoshi Umeki

Katsumi

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Red Buttons

Joe Kelly

Kent Smith

Kent Smith

Gen. Webster

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Douglass Watson

Col. Craford

Reiko Kuba

Reiko Kuba

Fumiko-san