Movies
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 |
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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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