Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, Ricardo Montalban
Original language
English
Production companies
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Home video distributors
VideoRama (Sweden)
Based on
Sayonara
Awards
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award for Best Production Design, Academy Award for Best Sound
Setting
Japan
Filming locations
Japan
Trailer
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Festival History
- BAFTA Awards 1959 generic
- Academy Awards 1958 academy_award
- Directors Guild of America 1958 generic
- Writers Guild of America 1958 generic
Titles
| Original title | Sayonara | |
| Alternate title | Sayonara - Elveda | |
| Alternate title | Сайонара | |
| Alternate title | Viso gero | |
| Alternate title | サヨナラ | Japanese |
| Alternate title | Szajonara | |
| Alternate title | Σαγιονάρα | Greek |
| Alternate title | Sayonara… farlig kærlighed |
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | VideoRama (cat. no. VideoRama 276) | Sweden |
Soundtracks
| Vinyl LP | Sayonara (1957) | 10 releases, 1957-1958: Entr'acte, Entr'acte Recording Society, RCA Victor, Victor |
| 7" vinyl | Sayonara (1958) | 3 releases, 1958: RCA Italiana |
| 7" vinyl | Sayonara (1958) | 1 release, 1958: Victor |
| 7" vinyl | Sayonara (1958) | 1 release, 1958: RCA |
| CD | Sayonara (1957) | 2 releases, 2001: RCA, Soundtrack Library |
| CD | Sayonara - Orchestral Suites - Franz Waxman (1995) | 1 release, 1995: RCA Victor Red Seal |
Versions & editions
| Home video VHS | Sweden | VideoRama 276 |
Full credits
| Director | Joshua Logan |
| Cast | Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, Ricardo Montalban |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
