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Sayonara (1957)

Dec 25, 1957 · 2h 27m

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

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.

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Top 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
  • Dennis Hopper Dennis Hopper MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
  • Peter Brown Peter Brown Second Military Police (voice) (uncredited)
  • Kenner G. Kemp Kenner G. Kemp General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)
  • William Meader General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)

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