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Sayonara

Sayonara

DEC 25, 1957 · 147 MIN · DIR. JOSHUA LOGAN

DramaRomance

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

    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

    Douglass Watson

    Col. Craford

  • Reiko Kuba

    Reiko Kuba

    Fumiko-san

  • Soo Yong

    Soo Yong

    Terukosan

  • Ricardo Montalban

    Ricardo Montalban

    Nakamura

Crew

Screenplay

Paul Osborn

Director of Photography

Ellsworth Fredericks

Editor

Philip W. Anderson

Editor

Arthur P. Schmidt

Original Music Composer

Franz Waxman

Producer

William Goetz

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