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Sayonara

Movie·1957·Drama, Romance·2h 27m·6.7 (145)·Directed by Joshua Logan

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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.

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Marlon BrandoMarlon BrandoMajor Lloyd GruverPatricia OwensPatricia OwensEileen WebsterJames GarnerJames GarnerCapt. Mike BaileyMartha ScottMartha ScottMrs. WebsterMiiko TakaMiiko TakaHana-ogiMiyoshi UmekiMiyoshi UmekiKatsumiRed ButtonsRed ButtonsJoe KellyKent SmithKent SmithGen. Webster

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