This film is a bit of an oddity. If you are going to enjoy it, you must not take it too seriously. This film documents a lot of the intolerance surrounding relationships between western men and Asian women. As this film so amply shows, these relationships were not only frowned upon by both Americans and Japanese, but they were expressly forbidden by the U.S. military. This is especially interesting to me-an American living in Korea where such inter-racial relationships are common. There are many delightful visuals in this film. The beauty and grace of Japanese culture is well depicted, even if it is somewhat stereotypical. You must remember that this was the 1950s and political correctness was not yet the norm. Also, Marlon Brando and James Garner are always assets to any film. Ricardo Montalban posing as a Japanese man is completely laughable and adds to quirky value of this film. The story line is somewhat sappy, but all in all this film is worth watching at least once.
