Pacific Overtures

Pacific Overtures (1976)

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

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.

star 9 8.9
  • Release Date: 1976-09-06
  • Runtime: 2h 20min
  • Directors: Marty Pasetta, Hal Prince.

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Cast

  • 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

  • Jae Woo Lee

    Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South

  • Freddy Mao

    Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter

  • Tom Matsusaka

    Imperial Priest

  • Conrad Yama

    Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant

  • Kenneth S. Eiland

    Ensemble

  • Timm Fujii

    Son/Priest/Girl/Noble/British Sailor/Ensemble

  • Haruki Fujimoto

    Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry

  • Joey Ginza

    Ensemble

  • Susan Kikuchi

    Ensemble

  • Diane Lam

    Ensemble

  • Richard Magpiong

    Ensemble

  • Tony Marinyo

    Ensemble

  • Kevin Maung

    Ensemble

  • Kim Miyori

    Ensemble

  • Dingo Secretario

    Ensemble

  • Freda Foh Shen

    Shogun's Wife/Ensemble

  • Ricardo Tobia

    Observer/Ensemble

  • Gedde Watanabe

    Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble

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