Sayonara (1957)
Sayonara (1957) - Drama Movies 147 minutes. Amber, die große Kurtisane. 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. japan, based on novel or book, u.s. air force, air force, major, interracial relationship, interracial marriage, racial prejudice, post war japan, kabuki, kobe japan
Released: Dec 25, 1957
Runtime: 147 minutes
Stars: Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miiko Taka, Miyoshi Umeki
Crew: Joshua Logan (Director), James Michener (Novel), Paul Osborn (Screenplay), Franz Waxman (Original Music Composer), Ted Haworth (Art Direction), Norma Koch (Costume Design)