Pacific Overtures

Name: Pacific Overtures
Released: 1976

19762h 20m

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Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West.

In 1853 Japan, the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman, sets the backdrop of the Westernization of Japan. The lives of both men are radically changed by the coming of American ships to Japan.

Director: Marty Pasetta, Hal Prince
Writers: Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman, Hugh Wheeler
Music: Stephen Sondheim

Cast

MakoReciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
Soon-Tek OhTamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
Yuki ShimodaAbe, First Councillor
Sab ShimonoManjiro
Isao SatoKayama
Alvin IngShogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
Ernest HaradaPhysician/Madam/British Admiral
James DybasSecond Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral
Mark Hsu SyersSamurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor
Patrick Kinser-LauShogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl

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