Sayonara

Name: Sayonara
Director: Joshua Logan
Released: 1957
Duration: 147 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott

1957 · 147 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 8,157 VOTES · DIR. Joshua Logan

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,430 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:19 "Sayonara"

00:06:34 You got a very well-written contract here.

00:10:12 I think even your friends are gonna put you down if you marry this girl.

00:14:29 You’re registered at the hotel for the first few nights but stationed here after that.

00:20:44 She?

00:25:40 then I don’t think you want to marry me, Lloyd.

00:30:36 She’s been hightailing it with the brass, socializing.

00:34:31 I thought... It’s Sunday night and I thought maybe

00:39:09 get married into the Webster family and get swallowed up by all that.

00:49:20 She’s been taking English lessons and I’ve been studying a little Japanese.

00:58:06 How do?

01:03:12 Oh, lord!

01:08:11 Miss Ogi, there were an awful lot of Americans that were killed too.

01:13:22 I’m sorry, but this thing’s gotten me all riled up.

01:20:06 What will you do all evening?

01:25:49 This came in. Thought you might like to see it.

01:31:33 Of course.

01:36:25 Does that mean I could stay in Japan?

01:41:00 - Ace, I’ve been waiting for you. - Kelly, listen.

01:45:24 You what?

01:51:09 It is so beautiful.

01:58:46 I think he’s in there.

02:08:18 Listen, how do you get the guts to come here and tell me that?

02:15:53 What are you talking about, the right thing?

Cast & Characters

Marlon Brando Major Lloyd Gruver Ricardo Montalban Nakamura Patricia Owens Eileen Webster James Garner Captain Mike Bailey Martha Scott Mrs. Webster Miiko Taka Hana-Ogi Miyoshi Umeki Katsumi Red Buttons Joe Kelly Kent Smith General Mark Webster Douglass Watson Colonel Crawford

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,430

Dialogue density9.7 lines / min

First line00:00:19

Final line02:15:53

Production Record

DirectorJoshua Logan

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes8,157