Sayonara (1957)

About This Movie

Sayonara is a 1957 drama and romance film directed by Joshua Logan. Its leading cast includes Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens and James Garner. It runs for 2 hours 27 minutes.

Synopsis

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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Trailer

Sayonara (1957) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] · plays from YouTube

Cast

• Marlon Brando Major Lloyd Gruver
• 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
• Douglass Watson Col. Craford
• Reiko Kuba Fumiko-san
• Soo Yong Terukosan
• Ricardo Montalban Nakamura
• Dennis Hopper MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
• Peter Brown Second Military Police (voice) (uncredited)
• Kenner G. Kemp General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)
• W William Meader General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)
• Ralph Moratz Soldier in Washroom (uncredited)
• R Rollin Moriyama Reporter (uncredited)