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.
Rated
PG-13
Year
1976
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
6 September 1976
TMDB
9.0 (1)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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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
J
Jae Woo Lee
Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South
F
Freddy Mao
Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter
T
Tom Matsusaka
Imperial Priest
C
Conrad Yama
Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant
K
Kenneth S. Eiland
Ensemble
T
Timm Fujii
Son/Priest/Girl/Noble/British Sailor/Ensemble
H
Haruki Fujimoto
Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
J
Joey Ginza
Ensemble
Susan Kikuchi
Ensemble
D
Diane Lam
Ensemble
R
Richard Magpiong
Ensemble
T
Tony Marinyo
Ensemble
K
Kevin Maung
Ensemble
Kim Miyori
Ensemble
D
Dingo Secretario
Ensemble
Freda Foh Shen
Shogun's Wife/Ensemble
R
Ricardo Tobia
Observer/Ensemble
Gedde Watanabe
Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble
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