Sayonara (1957)

6.7/10 147 min Drama Romance

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.

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

Reiko Kuba

Fumiko-san

Soo Yong

Terukosan

Ricardo Montalban

Nakamura

Dennis Hopper

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

Peter Brown

Second Military Police (voice) (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)

Ralph Moratz

Soldier in Washroom (uncredited)

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