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Sayonara

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.

Original title: Sayonara

10

nominations

40%

winning rate

4

wins

Academy Awards #30 - 1958

Award People Status
Best Picture William Goetz - as producer
Best Director Joshua Logan
Best Actor in a Leading Role Marlon Brando
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Red Buttons Winner
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Miyoshi Umeki Winner
Best Adapted Screenplay Paul Osborn
Best Cinematography Ellsworth Fredericks
Best Film Editing Arthur P. Schmidt, Philip W. Anderson
Best Sound George Groves Winner
Best Production Design Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley Winner

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