Sayonara

Sayonara
by Joshua Logan

Sayonara
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Actor: Marlon Brando, Miiko Taka, Patricia Owens, Red Buttons, Ricardo Montalban
Director: Joshua Logan
Brand: BRANDO,MARLON
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 147 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

DVD Reviews of Sayonara

DVD Review: Great Movie!
Summary: 5 Stars

"Sayonara" is a great movie! The story is compelling, emotional & impactful. It also has themes that will make one think. The movie touched my heart.

I had not heard of "Sayonara" before I "came across it" on cable television. Therefore, I assume that it is a movie that has been "flying under the radar." It has all of the qualities of a classic, such as "Rocky" & "Star Wars." However, for "Sayonara" to be considered on the same level as other classics, then people have to "get the word out."

Marlon Brando & Miiko Taka are superb as the two main characters. Red Buttons, Miyoshi Umeki, Patricia Owens & Ricardo Montalban are wonderful in their supporting roles. James Garner ("The Great Escape" & "The Rockford Files") is one of my favorite actors & he complements Marlon Brando very well in a supporting role. I highly recommend "Sayonara!"

DVD Review: Incredible movie, unforgivable DVD!
Summary: 1 Stars

The one star is to bring attention to the DVD transfer quality. This is a fantastic film! Brando is, as usual, unbelievable!! The greatest actor of all time, in my book, for sure!!!

This DVD, however, is unforgivable, an embarrassment to the studio, the movie, and to home video itself. It is 16:9 letterboxed onto 4:3, making it tiny and grainy on a widescreen TV, and the transfer itself is washed out and dull. This is especially annoying since a good HD transfer does exist; I saw it on HDNet movies on DirecTV. That transfer is beautiful.

Come on, MGM, bring the HD transfer to Blu-ray!

DVD Review: great movie great copy
Summary: 5 Stars

I have always loved this film...atleast since i caught it on A&E about 17 years ago and have searched for it since then. It was so nice to find it here and the copy is really nice with scene selection and great color. If you love Brando you'll love this film.

DVD Review: Good stuff!!
Summary: 5 Stars

Delivery was fast and the product was just as decribed...NEW.
Thank you for being a good seller. It was a pleasure.

DVD Review: Sayonra
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a wonderful older film, Marlon Brando is stationed in Japan and falls in love with a Japanese woman. Very well acted...teary scenes, but very enjoyable.

Description of Sayonara

The story of American servicemen on leave in Japan during the Korean War, and the anguish they suffer after being spurned by both societies for loving Japanese women.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 11-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD
Based on a novel by James Michener, Sayonara earned a fistful of Oscar? nominations (including Best Picture, Director, and Actor) in 1957 and wound up winning statuettes for supporting actors Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki. Marlon Brando plays a Korean War fighter pilot, the son of a general, reassigned to Japan, where fraternization with local women is taboo. After breaking off his engagement to another general's daughter, he finds himself falling for a Japanese entertainer (Miiko Taka), then struggling with his own bias. Subplots deal with other servicemen (played by Buttons and James Garner) who also fall for Japanese women. Directed by Joshua Logan from a script by Paul Osborn, the film takes a then-daring look at prejudice as well as post-war racial bias against the Japanese. Brando's Southern accent makes him sound like Matthew McConaughey, while Buttons is actually touching as tough, tender American struggling against racism. --Marshall Fine

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