Sayonara (1957)
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.
Director:
Joshua Logan
Writer:
Paul Osborn
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Marlon Brando as Major Lloyd Gruver |
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Patricia Owens as Eileen Webster |
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James Garner as Capt. Mike Bailey |
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Martha Scott as Mrs. Webster |
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Miiko Taka as Hana-ogi |
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Miyoshi Umeki as Katsumi |
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Red Buttons as Joe Kelly |
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Kent Smith as Gen. Webster |
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Douglass Watson as Col. Craford |
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Reiko Kuba as Fumiko-san |
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Soo Yong as Terukosan |
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Ricardo Montalban as Nakamura |
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Dennis Hopper as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited) |
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Peter Brown as Second Military Police (voice) (uncredited) |
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Kenner G. Kemp as General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited) |
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William Meader as General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited) |
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Ralph Moratz as Soldier in Washroom (uncredited) |
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Rollin Moriyama as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Yvonne Peattie as Lady Vice-Consul (uncredited) |
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Phil Rhodes as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Bill Saito as Photographer (uncredited) |
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James Stacy as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Audrey Swanson as Officer's Wife (uncredited) |
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Harlan Warde as Consul (uncredited) |
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William Wellman Jr. as Stars and Stripes Reporter (uncredited) |
| Directing | Joshua Logan | Director |
| Writing | Paul Osborn | Screenplay |
| Writing | James Michener | Novel |
| Camera | Ellsworth Fredericks | Director of Photography |
| Production | William Goetz | Producer |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Philip W. Anderson | Editor |
| Art | Robert Priestley | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Norma Koch | Costume Design |
| Editing | Arthur P. Schmidt | Editor |
| Art | Ted Haworth | Art Direction |
| Production | Sally Baiano | Casting |
