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.
Directing | Joshua Logan | Director |
Writing | James Michener | Novel |
Writing | Paul Osborn | Screenplay |
Editing | Arthur P. Schmidt | Editor |
Production | Sally Baiano | Casting |
Production | William Goetz | Producer |
Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
Editing | Philip W. Anderson | Editor |
Art | Robert Priestley | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Norma Koch | Costume Design |
Art | Ted Haworth | Art Direction |
Camera | Ellsworth Fredericks | Director of Photography |