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Sayonara (1957)

Movie""I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire...""
Audience Score
66
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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 25th, 1957
On DVD & Blu-ray:September 18th, 2001 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Pennebaker Productions, William Goetz Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures