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Sayonara (1957)

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.

  • Drama
  • Romance

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Marlon BrandoMarlon BrandoMajor Lloyd Gruver
  • Photo of Patricia OwensPatricia OwensEileen Webster
  • Photo of James GarnerJames GarnerCapt. Mike Bailey
  • Photo of Martha ScottMartha ScottMrs. Webster
  • Photo of Miiko TakaMiiko TakaHana-ogi
  • Photo of Miyoshi UmekiMiyoshi UmekiKatsumi
  • Photo of Red ButtonsRed ButtonsJoe Kelly
  • Photo of Kent SmithKent SmithGen. Webster
  • Photo of Douglass WatsonDouglass WatsonCol. Craford
  • Photo of Reiko KubaReiko KubaFumiko-san

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