Pacific Overtures

1976 "Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West."
Pacific Overtures
8.9| 2h20m| en| Music
Storyline

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

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  • Pacific Overtures Cast
Mako as Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
Soon-Tek Oh as Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
Yuki Shimoda as Abe, First Councillor
Sab Shimono as Manjiro
Alvin Ing as Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
James Dybas as Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral
Ernest Abuba as Samurai/Adams/Noble
Larry Hama as Williams/Lord of the South