Sayonara (1957)

EnglishFilm1957147 minDrama, Romance★ 6.7/10

"I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire..."

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.

Directed by

Joshua Logan

Starring

Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner

Music

Franz Waxman

Released

1957-12-25

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