

Sayonara (1957)
NR 2h 27m 6.9/10 IMDb
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.
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miiko Taka
Content Warnings
Identity & Discrimination
Racial slurs / racism (depicted)
Mental Health & Emotional
Grief / bereavement (major focus)
Other
War / combat (referenced)
Substance Use
Alcohol abuse (depicted)
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