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.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.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.
- Won 4 Oscars
- 8 wins & 18 nominations total
Douglass Watson
- Colonel Crawford
- (as Douglas Watson)
Peter Brown
- Second Military Police
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jane Chung
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
Carlo Fiori
- Chaplain
- (uncredited)
Dennis Hopper
- Military Police
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
- General at Tokyo Airport
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaAudrey Hepburn was offered the role of a Japanese bride opposite Marlon Brando but turned it down. She explained that she "couldn't possibly play an Oriental. No one would believe me; they'd laugh. It's a lovely script, however I know what I can and can't do. And if you did persuade me, you would regret it, because I would be terrible."
- GoofsMajor Gruver, said to be a West Point graduate is shown wearing his class ring on his right hand. Academy graduates always wore their class rings on their left hand, a mark of distinction.
- Quotes
Major Gruver: [at a traditional tea ceremony: watching, as a Japanese man spends a lot of time carefully making a cup of tea] He makes such a production of everything.
Hana-ogi: The pleasure does not lie in the end itself... it's the pleasurable steps *to* that end.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Slaying the Dragon (1988)
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This movie is very interesting in which it concerns the relationships between Japanese and American servicemen after the Second World War in Japan. Especially Marlon Brando's character goes from reservations (especially considering the period the movie is set) to falling in love with a Japanese woman and hopes to marry her. Brando shines in this movie, and I put it among his best movies. The standout of the cast is Red Buttons, who at the time was still unkown as an actor, but in his debut revealed that he was destined for greatness. His performance of Joe Kelly, an American airman, is incredibly believable and touching, and Buttons won the Academy Award for best Supporting Actor for this film, and he truly deserved it.
An interesting movie for the subject and the actors' performances, well directed and also very entertaining. And I think it's deeply underrated today.
An interesting movie for the subject and the actors' performances, well directed and also very entertaining. And I think it's deeply underrated today.
- bellino-angelo2014
- Feb 1, 2019
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- Gross US & Canada
- $26,300,000
- Runtime2 hours 27 minutes
- Color
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