And yes, that is Ricardo Montalban in Japanese makeup as a Kabuki actor.Sayonara Wild Hearts is like if someone made the crazy twisty Mario Kart 8 courses into a playable music album and it is just an awesome experience. Nominated for ten Academy Awards, Sayonara won five, including "Best Supporting Actor" (Red Buttons, whose moribund career was revitalized herein) and "Best Supporting Actress" (Miyoshi Umeki). Brando is reunited with Taka, who in a parallel situation has had to ward off the inbred prejudices of her people. The tragedy compels the army to soften its attitudes towards miscegenation. Buttons cannot bear being parted with Umeki as a result, the two commit suicide. This sparks an all-out onslaught of racial bigotry from the Army brass, and an official edict sending American soldiers back to the states without their Japanese wives. ![]() Later, Brando himself falls for Miiko Taka, a beautiful Kabuki dancer. Fighting back his own prejudices, Brando agrees to be Buttons' best man at the latter's wedding to Umeki. Brando himself is about to marry Patricia Owens, the daughter of general Kent Smith. His best friend, major Marlon Brando, tries to talk Buttons out of "ruining" his life. Given the army's official policy against interracial marriage, Buttons is courting a court-martial. While on leave, pugnacious American soldier Red Buttons falls in love with Japanese maiden Miyoshi Umeki. The film is set in Japan during the Korean War. ![]() Sayonara takes its own sweet time to unfold in so doing, it permits us to make intimate acquaintance with its characters, so as to better understand their multitextured motivations.
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