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Sayonara

1957Movie2 h 27 minNR5 awards

DramaRomance
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.0Letterboxd3.3/5Rotten Tomatoes82%80%
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.0Letterboxd3.3/5Rotten Tomatoes82%80%

Summary

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Makes you fall for them.
  • Pulls you in.
  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Feels like real life.
  • Leaves you longing.

Not for scares or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellowin 188 titlesAs noted in the introduction, one of the most iconic examples, as Gruver and Kelly both take up with Japanese women, who are both subservient to their men.Bait-and-Switch SentimentRare · in 34 titlesInverted in Hana-ogi's declaration to the press.All 47 tropes

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