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| Sayonara | 
 enlarge | Director: Joshua Logan
Actors: Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens, Red Buttons, Miiko Taka
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 14868
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 147
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD1002384D
ISBN: 0792850920
UPC: 027616865953
EAN: 9780792850922
ASIN: B00005LOLD
Theatrical Release Date: 1957
Release Date: September 18, 2001
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| Customer Reviews:
 Hawai'i Five-o fans should note Ricardo Montelbon in here as Asian, remember episode number 004 of H.5-O October 3, 2006
Marlon Brando, with an annoying fake Southern
accent plays friend and best man to Aaron
Chwatt (Red Buttons) at his marriage to
japan girl (that he really doesn't care for).
Buttons won an Oscar for best supoporting
role, co-star but the women in here's
acting is somewhat wooden! James Garner
gets my vote for best actor/actress in
this fine 1957 Josh Logan film. Deals
in sentimental and kind way with touchy
subject matter.
 Sayonara is old school movie at its best August 18, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Marlin Brando was the main star but Red Buttons stole this movie hook line and sinker.
A fine and touching period piece... July 30, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
While cross-ethnic marriage is of course accepted today, such was not the case when this movie was filmed. This one, of course, deals with marriages between US GIs and Japanese girls during early 1950s occupied Japan. The US Army was (according to the film) aggressively discouraging such marriages, and it was difficult or impossible for the GIs to bring their brides back to the States. This is the backdrop for this sensitive and well-made film.
Brando plays the role of an American hot-shot jet pilot who is temporarily transferred from the Korean battle front to occupied Japan. He and a close friend both meet and fall in love with splendid Japanese ladies, and therein lies a touching and tragic storyline. No spoilers here.
What is it about Brando that caused him to repeatedly be cast in roles that required him to assume awful accents of one kind or another? (Mutiny on the Bounty, The Young Lions, and this one.) Brando utterly fails to pull off the Southern accent of his role, and they would have done better to dispense with it altogether. This is why I deprive this one of the fifth star--the accent really, really degrades the film. And I am a big Brando fan.
Nevertheless, "Sayonara" is a don't-miss film, and even hard-boiled viewers will not fail to be touched by this sensitive period-piece film.
 Still Wonderful After All These Years July 21, 2006
I just watched Sayonara on TCM and I am still in awe of its beauty and subject matter. This movie does not seem dated to me, aside from the cars and the clothes, even though it was filmed almost 50 years ago. I remember seeing this movie when it first came out, and I was heartbroken at the suicide of Kelly and his young bride. I was equally thrilled at the ending when Brando and Hana-Ogi rode off into the sunset. However, I think Brando stunk in this movie, all he did was mumble in that horrible southern accent he put on. However, here is something interesting: the actress who played Hana-Ogi, Miiko Taka, was born in Seattle, Washington. You wouldn't know that, would you, by listening to her or watching her? Great acting job by Ms. Taka. Wonderful movie.
A Definite Must-See! March 31, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is definitely in the same league with Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, A Patch Of Blue and The Gentlemen's Agreement as a great classic. It's a movie that in it's time was considered extremely controversial in that it addressed a then topic of hot debate and issue. Cross-Cultural and Ethnic Marriage. This movie will have you fixed to the screen as you watch this film based on true events unfold. Prejudice and ignorance vs. Love and truth.
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