Sayonara

1957
Approved
2h 27m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Marlon Brando and Miiko Taka in Sayonara (1957)

A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.

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A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.

Director
- Joshua Logan
Writers
- Paul Osborn
- James A. Michener
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Joshua Logan
Writers
- Paul Osborn
- James A. Michener
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 4 Oscars
- 8 wins & 18 nominations total

Colonel Crawford
(as Douglas Watson)

Reiko Kuba

Fumiko-San

Soo Yong

Teruko-San

Shochiku Kagekidan Girls Revue

Theatrical Revue

Peter Brown

Second Military Police
(voice)
(uncredited)

Jane Chung

Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

Carlo Fiori

Chaplain
(uncredited)

Dennis Hopper

Military Police
(voice)
(uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

General at Tokyo Airport
(uncredited)

Director
- Joshua Logan
Writers
- Paul Osborn
- James A. Michener
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Audrey Hepburn was offered the role of a Japanese bride opposite Marlon Brando but turned it down. She explained that she "couldn't possibly play an Oriental. No one would believe me; they'd laugh. It's a lovely script, however I know what I can and can't do. And if you did persuade me, you would regret it, because I would be terrible."

Goofs
Major Gruver, said to be a West Point graduate is shown wearing his class ring on his right hand. Academy graduates always wore their class rings on their left hand, a mark of distinction.

Quotes
Major Gruver: [at a traditional tea ceremony: watching, as a Japanese man spends a lot of time carefully making a cup of tea] He makes such a production of everything.
Hana-ogi: The pleasure does not lie in the end itself... it's the pleasurable steps *to* that end.

Connections
Featured in Slaying the Dragon (1988)

Soundtracks
Sayonara
("Goodbye") (1957)
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
Performed by Miiko Taka (uncredited)

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Featured review

7/10

A beautiful love story...

"Sayonara" is a Drama - Romance movie in which we watch a US Air Force major in Japan falling in love with a Japanese woman something that he would never expect since he was against to marriages between American men and Japanese women.

I enjoyed this movie because it had an interesting plot with a beautiful meaning. It presented a very sensitive and important subject of that time, something that made it even more interesting. The direction which was made by Joshua Logan, it was very good and I believe that he did an excellent job on it since he succeeded on presenting very well the main subject of the movie along with his main characters who did an equally good job under his guidance. Regarding the interpretations of the cast, both the interpretations of Marlon Brando who played as Major Lloyd Gruver and Miiko Taka who played as Hana-Ogi were very good but the best interpretations were made by Red Buttons who played as Joe Kelly and Miyoshi Umeki who played as Katsumi. In conclusion, I have to say that "Sayonara" is an emotional, beautiful love story that I strongly recommend everyone to watch because it will travel you back in time and you will follow this great story.