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Sayonara

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.
1957
147 min
6.7
Drama / Romance
Genres
Drama / Romance
Runtime
147 min
Year
1957
Director
Joshua Logan
Writers
Paul Osborn, James Michener
Studio
Pennebaker Productions

Top Billed 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
Red Buttons
Red Buttons
Joe Kelly
Kent Smith
Kent Smith
Gen. Webster
Douglass Watson
Col. Craford
Reiko Kuba
Reiko Kuba
Fumiko-san

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