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.
Release Date | December 25, 1957 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | Sayonara | |
Runtime | 2h 27min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | English, Japanese | |
Original Language | English | |
Production Countries | United States of America | |
Production Companies | Pennebaker ProductionsWilliam Goetz ProductionsWarner Bros. Pictures |