Sayonara (1957)
'I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire...'
Starring Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner
Directed by Joshua Logan
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) 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 an officer who is by-the-book, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man Joe Kelly (Red Buttons) falls in love with a Japanese woman Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki) and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
Runtime: 147 min.
Rating: 6.7
DVD
Languages: English,Japanese
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama,Romance
Keywords: japan,based on novel or book,u.s. air force,air force,major,interracial relationship,interracial marriage,racial prejudice,post war japan,kabuki,kobe japan
Cast
Major Lloyd Gruver
Eileen Webster
Capt. Mike Bailey
Mrs. Webster
Hana-ogi
Katsumi
Joe Kelly
Gen. Webster
Col. Craford
Fumiko-san
Terukosan
Nakamura
MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)