Sayonara

147 min 1957 Published on, 1 year ago

6.6

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) 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 an officer who is by-the-book, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man Joe Kelly (Red Buttons) falls in love with a Japanese woman Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki) and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.

Country

United States

Genre

Drama Romance

Released

25 Dec, 1957

Main Cast

Marlon Brando , Patricia Owens , James Garner , Martha Scott , Miiko Taka

Supporting Cast

Miyoshi Umeki , Red Buttons , Kent Smith , Reiko Kuba , Soo Yong

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