Sayonara
(1957)

"I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire..."

Released: 1957-12-25

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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.

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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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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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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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