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Ricardo Montalbán, born in Mexico to Spanish immigrants, plays a Japanese character in “yellowface” makeup. Montalbán modeled his performance on Seki Sano , a well-known Japanese acting teacher under whom he had trained.
- $26.3 million
- Franz Waxman
- December 5, 1957
- William Goetz
technical advisor: Japanese theatre scenes LeRoy Prinz ... supervisor: Matsubayashi Girls Revue Numbers (as Leroy Prinz) Walter Thompson ... production associate Osaka Geki-ji ... choreography assistant (uncredited) Kineya Jorokuaki ... choreographer (uncredited) Burdette Meyers ...
Sayonara (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I Told President Truman Southerner and Air Force pilot Gruver (Marlon Brando), arrived in Japan from Korea, and Marine Captain Bailey (James Garner) have just bonded, observing kabuki dancers especially Hana-Ogi (Miiko Taka), in Joshua Logan's Sayonara, 1957, from James Michener's novel.
- Joshua Logan, Mike Salamunovich, Ad Schaumer
- Marlon Brando
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 ...
Sayonara: Directed by Joshua Logan. With Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott. A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.
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- Drama, Romance
- Joshua Logan
- 1957-12-20
Montalbán returned to Italy for Desert Warrior (1957), then had his first role in an "A" Hollywood film for a number of years in Sayonara (1957), in which he played a Japanese dancer. He later said, "I was and still am very pleased with my performance and very much saddened by this picture.
Jan 23, 2004 · There are several scenes of traditional Japanese Kabuki dancers. Ironically enough however, Ricardo Montalban plays one of them. Since the movie was meant as a protest against racism couldn't they at least have gotten a real Japanese actor to play the part?
