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Sayonara
Sayonara
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Sayonara

1957
2h 27m
Drama
Romance

Status

Released

Release

1957

Runtime

2h 27m

Where to Watch

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Streaming

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Storyline

""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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 27m
Dec 25, 1957
Languages
English
Japanese
Director
Joshua Logan
Joshua Logan
Production
Pennebaker Productions
Pennebaker Productions
William Goetz Productions
William Goetz Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

25 Cast Members

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

Soo Yong

Soo Yong

Terukosan

Ricardo Montalban

Ricardo Montalban

Nakamura

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)

Peter Brown

Peter Brown

Second Military Police (voice) (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Kenner G. Kemp

General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)

William Meader

General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)

Ralph Moratz

Ralph Moratz

Soldier in Washroom (uncredited)

Rollin Moriyama

Reporter (uncredited)

Yvonne Peattie

Lady Vice-Consul (uncredited)

Phil Rhodes

Doctor (uncredited)

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