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Sayonara (1957)

NR ★ 6.7/10 147 min Drama, Romance United States English
Director: Joshua Logan
Novel: James Michener
Screenplay by: Paul Osborn
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"I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire..."

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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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Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando Major Lloyd Gruver
Patricia Owens
Patricia Owens Eileen Webster
James Garner
James Garner Capt. Mike Bailey
Martha Scott
Martha Scott Mrs. Webster
Miiko Taka
Miiko Taka Hana-ogi
Miyoshi Umeki
Miyoshi Umeki Katsumi
Red Buttons
Red Buttons Joe Kelly
Kent Smith
Kent Smith Gen. Webster

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