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Sayonara

1957 • 2h27m Drama, Romance

Rating

6.7/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Joshua Logan

Screenplay

Paul Osborn

Cast

Marlon Brando

Patricia Owens

James Garner

Release date

12/25/1957

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

142