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Sayonara

19572h 27mDrama · Romance
directed by Joshua Logan

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

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6.7 / 10
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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Marlon Brando·Major Lloyd Gruver
Patricia Owens·Eileen Webster
James Garner·Capt. Mike Bailey
Martha Scott·Mrs. Webster
Miiko Taka·Hana-ogi
Miyoshi Umeki·Katsumi
Red Buttons·Joe Kelly
Kent Smith·Gen. Webster
Douglass Watson·Col. Craford
Reiko Kuba·Fumiko-san