Film1957147 min

Sayonara

Name: Sayonara
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1957
Duration: 147 min
Cast: Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miiko Taka

Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashlove conquers allunlikely connections

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

Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, stirring romantic drama, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.7 /10

TMDB · 90 votes

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What lines up

Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB