Vu sur ARTE, double soirée pour les cent ans de Marlon Brando.
An almost decent "important" movie that has the benefit of telling a story grounded within a real problem of the post-war era (pairings between the occupation force and occupied people) and of good intentions (tackling the racism displayed in such situation), even though it often lends itself to laughs when it tries to touch upon japanese culture or people (like the dramatic scene over the possibility of plastic surgery, or Buttons' character living the life of a lord).
Brando doesn't seem much into the film but his racist character's path is decent enough (aside from the birth of his love) to keep the 2h30 melodrama flowing as much as such thing can, and the secondary couple is quite cute (despite what I mentioned above).
A last thing about the casting is the weird choice to have an all-japanese cast for the japanese roles with the exception of the theatre actor.
As for the film aspects, they're nothing to talk about. Japan in pretty Technicolor, maybe?
Score: 4?5/10
Enjoyment: 3/5
Too long and mediocre.