

Sayonara (1957)
Drama
Romance
- 2h 27m
67 %
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"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.
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

Miyoshi Umeki
Katsumi

Red Buttons
Joe Kelly

Kent Smith
Gen. Webster
Douglass Watson
Col. Craford

Reiko Kuba
Fumiko-san
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