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Sayonara (1957)
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott
Runtime147 min
RatingNR
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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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Fans of Marlon Brando's powerful acting and complex characters will be captivated by his performance in this 1957 romantic drama directed by Joshua Logan, which explores themes of cultural prejudice and the personal costs of defying military policy to follow one's heart.
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Sayonara is a 1957 American romantic drama film directed by Joshua Logan, and starring Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miyoshi Umeki, Red Buttons, Miiko Taka and Ricardo Montalbán. It tells the story of an American Air Force pilot during the Korean War who falls in love with a famous Japanese dancer. The screenplay was adapted by Paul Osborn from James A. Michener's 1954 novel of the same title.
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