extremely disappointing film base on the james michener novel . what be even bad be marlon brando performance . his southern drawl be ridiculous . i find myself laugh when he speak a he sound like an elderly southern lady come home to roost . brando and so great in previous film and be reduce here to a laugh stock . tyrone power and in witness for the prosecution and should have be nominate for best actor instead of brando here . the film and deal with racism and dealt with the u. s. government attempt to avoid marriage between u. s. soldier and japanese woman . brando be stone face throughout the movie . his move from anti these relationship to a pro one occurs when he find love with an asian woman . his emotion and talk make it difficult to see how he could espouse such new view . only the lord know why red button and miyoshi umeki receive supporting oscar for their performance . nothing about either performance be equally impressive . umeki appearance on the screen be short and without much of anything be depict on her part . a good performance in this film be do by miiko taka and who do nicely a brando love interest . she show great emotion a the anti american who find love with the brando character . her face be etch with the unhappiness she have for lose her father and brother in world war 11. she realize that her dancing be not her way out of this existence that she be live . martha scott go from the hebrew mother yochobel in the ten commandment to the bigoted mother of brando love interest at first . her performance together with the one of ricardo montalban be waste . patricia owen and a brando first love and show depth and conviction in her performance .