Movie·1957·2h 27m
Sayonara
"I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire..."
Directed By
Joshua Logan
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
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.
Written By
Paul Osborn
Producer
William Goetz
Cinematography
Ellsworth Fredericks
Music
Franz Waxman
Editor
Philip W. Anderson
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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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)
William Meader
General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Soldier in Washroom (uncredited)
Rollin Moriyama
Reporter (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Joshua Logan
Director
Paul Osborn
Screenplay
William Goetz
Producer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Ellsworth Fredericks
Director of Photography
Philip W. Anderson
Editor
Arthur P. Schmidt
Editor
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