

Sayonara
1957-12-25 · 147 min · ★ 6.7
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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- Directors
- Joshua Logan
- Production companies
- Pennebaker Productions, William Goetz Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Marlon BrandoMajor Lloyd Gruver
Patricia OwensEileen Webster
James GarnerCapt. Mike Bailey
Martha ScottMrs. Webster
Miiko TakaHana-ogi
Miyoshi UmekiKatsumi
Red ButtonsJoe Kelly
Kent SmithGen. Webster
Douglass WatsonCol. Craford
Reiko KubaFumiko-san
Soo YongTerukosan
Ricardo MontalbanNakamura
Dennis HopperMP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
Peter BrownSecond Military Police (voice) (uncredited)
Kenner G. KempGeneral at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)
Ralph MoratzSoldier in Washroom (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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