Sayonara
“"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.
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Cast
25 people
Marlon Brando
Major Lloyd Gruver
Known for
The Godfather
Apocalypse Now
Patricia Owens
Eileen Webster
Known for
The Fly
The Law and Jake Wade
James Garner
Capt. Mike Bailey
Known for
The Notebook
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Martha Scott
Mrs. Webster
Known for
Ben-Hur
The Ten Commandments
Miiko Taka
Hana-ogi
Known for
Shōgun
Walk Don't Run
Miyoshi Umeki
Katsumi
Also in
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Joe Kelly
Known for
The Poseidon Adventure
Pete's Dragon
Kent Smith
Gen. Webster
Known for
Cat People
The Invaders
Douglass Watson
Col. Craford
Known for
The Money Pit
Ulzana's Raid
Reiko Kuba
Fumiko-san
Also in
Our Town
Hungry Soul
Soo Yong
Terukosan
Known for
The Good Earth
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Ricardo Montalban
Nakamura
Known for
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Joshua Logan Director · Paul Osborn Screenplay James Michener Author
Worldwide gross $22M · United States release December 25, 1957 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$22,000,115
Production
Pennebaker Productions
Production
William Goetz Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
United States · December 5, 1957
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · December 25, 1957
Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
Austria
June 1, 1963 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 29, 2005 · Physical · Fox Home mj.gov.br
Germany
February 27, 1958 · Theatrical
Italy
March 7, 1958 · Theatrical · Milan
Netherlands
January 1, 2005 · Physical · DVD
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