Sayonara (1957)

12/25/1957 (US) • 2h 27m

Drama, Romance

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Marlon Brando

Major Lloyd Gruver

Patricia Owens

Eileen Webster

James Garner

Capt. Mike Bailey

Martha Scott

Mrs. Webster

Miiko Taka

Hana-ogi

Red Buttons

Joe Kelly

Kent Smith

Gen. Webster

Douglass Watson

Col. Craford


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

japan

based on novel or book

u.s. air force

air force

major

interracial relationship

interracial marriage

racial prejudice

post war japan

kabuki

kobe japan

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