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.| Status: | Released (1957-12-25) |
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| Awards: | Won 4 Oscars. 8 wins & 18 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $26,300,000 |
| Screen: | Paul Osborn, James A. Michener |
| Productions: | Pennebaker Productions, William Goetz Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, 日本語 |
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- 3084: Marlon Brando - Major Lloyd Gruver
- 70564: Patricia Owens - Eileen Webster
- 16896: James Garner - Capt. Mike Bailey
- 10022: Martha Scott - Mrs. Webster
- 123187: Miiko Taka - Hana-ogi
- 124933: Miyoshi Umeki - Katsumi
- 7503: Red Buttons - Joe Kelly
Crews
- 86051: Joshua Logan - Director - Directing
- 146950: James Michener - Novel - Writing
- 2748: Paul Osborn - Screenplay - Writing
- 8619: Franz Waxman - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 12495: Ted Haworth - Art Direction - Art
- 1467258: Norma Koch - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 4359: Philip W. Anderson - Editor - Editing
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_**Brando’s romantic culture clash in Japan after WW2**_ In 1951, an American Air Force pilot serving in Korea (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to Kobe, Japan, where he deals with his American fiancé (Patricia Owens) and a Japanese performer who attracts his attention (Miiko Taka). T ....
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Though it does try to deal with some quite poignant issues, I’m afraid it struggles to engage as it plods along a bit too sedately for 2½ hours. It’s set in an immediately post-war Korea and sees “Joe” (Red Buttons) fall in love with a Japanese gal. Now that’s strictly against the ru ....
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