Sayonara (1957)
2h 27m
Running Time
December 25, 1957Release Date
Sayonara (1957)
2h 27m
Running Time
December 25, 1957Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Marlon Brando
Major Lloyd Gruver
Ricardo Montalban
Nakamura
Patricia Owens
Eileen Webster
James Garner
Captain Mike Bailey
Martha Scott
Mrs. Webster
Miiko Taka
Hana-Ogi
Miyoshi Umeki
Katsumi
Red Buttons
Joe Kelly
Kent Smith
General Mark Webster
Reiko Kuba
Fumiko-san
Douglass Watson
Colonel Crawford
Soo Yong
Terukosan
Joshua Logan
Director
Paul Osborn
Writer
Dennis Hopper
MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
Peter Brown
Second Military Police (voice) (uncredited)
James Michener
Writer
Kenner G. Kemp
General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)
William Goetz
Producer
Franz Waxman
Composer
William Meader
General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Soldier in Washroom (uncredited)
Ellsworth Fredericks
Cinematographer
Rollin Moriyama
Reporter (uncredited)
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Details.
Release DateDecember 25, 1957
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 27m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsJapan
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Wiki.
Sayonara is a 1957 American Technicolor drama film starring Marlon Brando in Technirama. It tells the story of an American Air Force fighter pilot during the Korean War who falls in love with a famous Japanese dancer. The picture won four Academy Awards, including acting honors for co-stars Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki. The supporting cast also features Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Ricardo Montalbán, and Miiko Taka.
The screenplay was adapted by Paul Osborn from the 1954 novel of the same name by James Michener, and was directed by Joshua Logan and produced by William Goetz. Unlike most 1950s romantic dramas, it deals squarely with racism and prejudice.
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