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Sayonara
“"I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire..."”
6.7 / 10• 1957• 2h 27m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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 & Crew
Marlon Brando
Major Lloyd Gruver
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joshua Logan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sayonara is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
