Sayonara
Movie • 1957
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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 enlisted man Joe Kelly (Red Buttons) falls in love with a Japanese woman Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki) and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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No, BUT there is a brief glimpse of a pamphlet detailing an eye surgery. The pamphlet shows two sets of eyes, a "before" and an "after". A character was planning on getting this surgery, but does not.
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*SPOILER* First, in a marionette play a (puppet) husband and wife kill themselves with a sword. Taking inspiration from the play, a real husband and wife kill themselves. Their suicide is not shown. They are discovered after the fact, dead together.
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In one scene, a husband yells at and throws his wife to the floor because she was planning on having a harmful surgery without telling him. It is not routine violence, and they make up.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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No sex scenes, but their occurrence and sexual desire is implied.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Japanese women are sexually objectified and at times infantilised throughout this film.
A white woman is briefly sexually objectified too.
A white woman is briefly sexually objectified too.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Kabuki Theatre, a traditional Japanese theatre where men play women's roles, is depicted. An American viewer makes a few uneducated remarks about this. However, the movie presents Kabuki Theatre as beautiful and the American as uncultured.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Struggles to breath from crying.
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Does a parent die?
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A pregnant woman and her husband die, but they have not had any children yet.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there hate speech?
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Much anti-Japanese and Asian sentiment, and a few outright offensive remarks. Since the point of the movie was to portray Japanese-American relationships as good, these sentiments are presented as wrong. However, still definitely hate speech.
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She is briefly mentioned to be pregnant. At the time of her death, she is physically unnoticeable as being pregnant. She dies offscreen by suicide.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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In one scene, a Japanese character wants to have eye surgery to appear white. This want is violently condemned by her husband and is discouraged by her friends. She does not get the surgery, and it is not mentioned again.
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Does someone cheat?
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No, but someone falls in love with someone else while still being attached to another person.
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Is someone stalked?
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Not hardcore stalking. Two men routinely watch a specific woman as she crosses a bridge.
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As this was made in the 1950s, cigarettes are often smoked.
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Is there a shower scene?
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There is a bath scene and a shared military bathroom scene.
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