Douglass Watson, James Garner, Kent Smith, Marlon Brando, Martha Scott ...( see more  see more... ) , Miiko Taka , Miyoshi Umeki , Patricia Owens , Red Buttons , Ricardo Montalban

Based on a novel by James Michener, Sayonara earned a fistful of Oscar® nominations (including Best Picture, Director, and Actor) in 1957 and wound up winning statuettes for supporting actors Red Butt...( read more  read more... )ons and Miyoshi Umeki. Marlon Brando plays a Korean War fighter pilot, the son of a general, reassigned to Japan, where fraternization with local women is taboo. After breaking off his engagement to another general's daughter, he finds himself falling for a Japanese entertainer (Miiko Taka), then struggling with his own bias. Subplots deal with other servicemen (played by Buttons and James Garner) who also fall for Japanese women. Directed by Joshua Logan from a script by Paul Osborn, the film takes a then-daring look at prejudice as well as post-war racial bias against the Japanese. Brando's Southern accent makes him sound like Matthew McConaughey, while Buttons is actually touching as tough, tender American struggling against racism. --Marshall Fine

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Unrated, 148 min.

Directed by: Joshua Logan

Release Date: December 5, 1957

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DVD Release Date: September 18, 2001

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  • May 10, 2006
    This is another one of those watershed films that is so far ahead of its time in dealing with issues of race, love, and marriage. Definitely one of Brando's most moving endeavors, overshadowed only by the even more masterful performances of Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki . This ...( read more)one is heartbreaking every time.
  • December 20, 2007
    Beautiful!
  • November 27, 2009
    Cualquier escusa para ver a Brando en escena es valida, Marlon tuvo una nominacion al Oscar por esta pelicula, y esta bien, pero no es de sus mejores trabajos, claro esta que aun asi es cautivante y esta mucho mejor que la mayoria de protagonista. Es una buena pelicula, talvez no...( read more) sea una extraordinaria pero es buena; la historia es interesante y la produccion es muy buena.-
  • October 17, 2009
    Surprisingly a very good movie, it doesn't come on tv enough.
  • June 30, 2009
    Love Everything About MB
  • June 14, 2009
    I love this film. The acting is awesome by everyone, the story is timeless. Very well directed and especially well produced. Great cinematography, costumes, sets, editing, it has it all. Superb movie making.
  • March 15, 2009
    The sociopolitical content of this movie becomes its singular driving force at times, and its approach to that material is underwhelming. Joshua Logan's direction is bland but inoffensive, and the story itself has some compelling elements. Marlon Brando is the true saving grace h...( read more)ere... he was an actor who never failed to excite.

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  • This "Wild One" was never a ruler like "Julius Caesar" but he said "Sayonara" to many of his acting rivals. Although he might have had a "Last Tango in Paris", he was known thoroughout Hollywood as a "Superman". Who is this actor?  Answer »
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