--- title: 'Sayonara (1957)' type: 'film' director: 'Joshua Logan' released: '1957-01-01' runtime_minutes: 147 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sayonara-1957' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050933/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Sayonara (1957) 1957 · 147 min · Drama, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Sayonara is a 1957 American romantic drama film directed by Joshua Logan, and starring Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miyoshi Umeki, Red Buttons, Miiko Taka and Ricardo Montalbán. It tells the story of an American Air Force pilot during the Korean War who falls in love with a famous Japanese dancer. "Sayonara" is the Japanese term for goodbye. The screenplay was adapted by Paul Osborn from James A. Michener's 1954 novel. ## Credits - **Director:** [Joshua Logan](https://cinepixo.com/people/joshua-logan) - **Screenplay:** [Paul Osborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-osborn) - **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman) - **Producer:** [William Goetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-goetz) - **Director of Photography:** [Ellsworth Fredericks](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellsworth-fredericks) - **Editor:** [Arthur P. Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-p-schmidt) ## Cast - [Soo Yong](https://cinepixo.com/people/soo-yong) as Teruko - [Douglass Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglass-watson) as Colonel Crawford - [Red Buttons](https://cinepixo.com/people/red-buttons) as Airman Joe Kelly - [Marlon Brando](https://cinepixo.com/people/marlon-brando) as Major Lloyd "Ace" Gruver - [James Stacy](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-stacy) - [Martha Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-scott) as Mrs. Webster - [Patricia Owens](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-owens) as Eileen Webster - [Kent Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/kent-smith) as Lt. Gen. Mark Webster - [James Garner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-garner) as Captain Mike Bailey - [Miyoshi Umeki](https://cinepixo.com/people/miyoshi-umeki) as Katsumi Kelly - [Miiko Taka](https://cinepixo.com/people/miiko-taka) as Hana-ogi ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sayonara-1957 Film facts: Wikidata (Q614864); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.