Sayonara

"I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire..."

6.71957DramaRomance

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.

Release1957-12-25

Runtime147 min

StatusReleased

CountriesUnited States of America

Original languageEN

SpokenEnglish, Japanese

DirectorJoshua Logan

WritersPaul Osborn, James Michener

ProductionPennebaker Productions, William Goetz Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Votes150

Popularity3

TMDB ID40885