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.

Cast

Marlon Brando

Major Lloyd Gruver

Patricia Owens

Eileen Webster

James Garner

Capt. Mike Bailey

Martha Scott

Mrs. Webster

Miiko Taka

Hana-ogi

Miyoshi Umeki

Katsumi

Red Buttons

Joe Kelly

Kent Smith

Gen. Webster

Douglass Watson

Col. Craford

Reiko Kuba

Fumiko-san

Crew

Joshua Logan

Director

James Michener

Novel

Paul Osborn

Screenplay

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

Ted Haworth

Art Direction

Norma Koch

Costume Design

Philip W. Anderson

Editor

Robert Priestley

Set Decoration

Ellsworth Fredericks

Director of Photography

Arthur P. Schmidt

Editor

Clips & Videos

Sayonara (1957) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]