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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Marlon Brando | ... | Major Lloyd Gruver | |
| Patricia Owens | ... | Eileen Webster | |
| James Garner | ... | Captain Mike Bailey | |
| Martha Scott | ... | Mrs. Webster | |
| Miiko Taka | ... | Hana-Ogi | |
| Miyoshi Umeki | ... | Katsumi | |
| Red Buttons | ... | Joe Kelly | |
| Kent Smith | ... | General Mark Webster | |
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Douglass Watson | ... | Colonel Crawford (as Douglas Watson) |
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Reiko Kuba | ... | Fumiko-San |
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Soo Yong | ... | Teruko-San |
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Shochiku Kagekidan Girls Revue | ... | Theatrical Revue |
| Ricardo Montalban | ... | Nakamura | |
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Major Lloyd Gruver, a Korean War flying ace reassigned to Japan, staunchly supports the military's opposition to marriages between American troops and Japanese women. But that's before Gruver experiences a love that challenges his own deeply set prejudices... and plunges him into conflict with the U.S. Air Force and Japan's own cultural taboos. Written by alfiehitchie
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cultural differences | interracial marriage | interracial relationship | bare chested male | hairy chest |Taglines:
"I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire..." Marlon Brando and an exquisite new Japanese star. They LIVE James A. Michener's story of defiant desire. It is called "Sayonara" See more »Parents Guide:
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20 December 1957 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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Major Gruver: Okay, comin' off... What about the pants?
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The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be also nominated for Best Art Direction. See more »Goofs
When Maj. Gruver and the Websters arrive at the hotel, the open umbrellas on the patio are tilted in different directions from shot to shot. See more »Quotes
Joe Kelly: [Major Gruver is entering Joe Kelly's Japanese home for the first time] Hey, off with the shoes. You don't wear shoes in a Japanese house.Major Gruver: Okay, comin' off... What about the pants?
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There are two "Sayonara"s: the James Mitchner book and the
Hollywood adaptation. The Major Llyod Gruver portrayed in the book is
introduced as an army brat, graduate of West Point, no-nonsense air
force pilot and career officer who does not discuss personal matters
with enlisted men. The Ace Gruver introduced in the film is a
brooding Brando who arrives in a fighter jet instead of on a Triumph
motorcycle and whose best friend is Airman Kelly. The Japan portrayed
in the Mitchner book is the everyday Japan of narrow streets, noodle
vendors, ramen shops, yakitori stands, tatami rooms, and futon at bed
time. The Japan portrayed in the film is a land of geisha,
Takarazuka, kabuki, bunraku, pagoda, arched bridges, and a lot of other
Japan stereotypes I have yet to encounter although I have lived in
Japan for the past 31 years and have a masters degree in Far East Asian
Studies from Sophia University, Tokyo. Both "Sayonara"s offer something o value. One is realistic. One
is a beautiful fantasy. Read the book and watch the movie and take
your choice of endings.