Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) 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 an officer who is by-the-book, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man Joe Kelly (Red Buttons) falls in love with a Japanese woman Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki) and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
Unfortunately the movie Sayonara is not yet available on Disney Plus.
Directing | Joshua Logan | Director |
Writing | Paul Osborn | Screenplay |
Writing | James Michener | Novel |
Camera | Ellsworth Fredericks | Director of Photography |
Production | William Goetz | Producer |
Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
Editing | Philip W. Anderson | Editor |
Art | Robert Priestley | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Norma Koch | Costume Design |
Editing | Arthur P. Schmidt | Editor |
Art | Ted Haworth | Art Direction |
Production | Sally Baiano | Casting |