

Pacific Overtures
Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West.
9.01 votes on TMDB1976Movie2h 20m
- Music
- TV Movie
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.
Cast

Mako
Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble

Soon-Tek Oh
Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman

Yuki Shimoda
Abe, First Councillor

Sab Shimono
Manjiro
- I
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
- M
Mark Hsu Syers
Samurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor
- P
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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