Sayonara
# "I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire..."
π 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.
π Languages Available:
English
,
Japanese
π Date Released:
1957-12-25
β Running Time:
147 mins
β Vote Average:
6.602
Beloved 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
Terukosan
Soo Yong
Nakamura
Ricardo Montalban
MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
Dennis Hopper
Second Military Police (voice) (uncredited)
Peter Brown
General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)
William Meader
Soldier in Washroom (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Reporter (uncredited)
Rollin Moriyama
Lady Vice-Consul (uncredited)
Yvonne Peattie
Doctor (uncredited)
Phil Rhodes
Photographer (uncredited)
Bill Saito
Reporter (uncredited)
James Stacy
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Audrey Swanson
Consul (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
Stars and Stripes Reporter (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.