Pacific Overtures (1976)
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.
- Date of release
- 1976-09-06
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Music, TV Movie
- Director
- Marty Pasetta, Hal Prince
Casting
- Mako — Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
- Soon-Tek Oh — Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
- Yuki Shimoda — Abe, First Councillor
- Sab Shimono — Manjiro
- Isao Sato — Kayama
- Alvin Ing — Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
- Ernest Harada — Physician/Madam/British Admiral
- James Dybas — Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral
- Mark Hsu Syers — Samurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor
- Patrick Kinser-Lau — Shogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl
- Ernest Abuba — Samurai/Adams/Noble
- Larry Hama — Williams/Lord of the South
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