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

Release Date: 25 Dec 1957

Runtime: 2h 27m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Pennebaker Productions, William Goetz Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Companies: Pennebaker Productions, William Goetz Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Overview: Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) 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 an officer who is by-the-book, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man Joe Kelly (Red Buttons) falls in love with a Japanese woman Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki) and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.6 (129 votes)

Cast

  • Major Lloyd Gruver: Marlon Brando
  • Eileen Webster: Patricia Owens
  • Capt. Mike Bailey: James Garner
  • Mrs. Webster: Martha Scott
  • Hana-ogi: Miiko Taka
  • Katsumi: Miyoshi Umeki
  • Joe Kelly: Red Buttons
  • Gen. Webster: Kent Smith
  • Col. Craford: Douglass Watson
  • Fumiko-san: Reiko Kuba
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