1976
9.0 (1 votes)
2h 20m
Genres
Music
Production Companies
Pacific Overtures Co.
Pacific Overtures
Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Marty Pasetta, Hal Prince
Writer: John Weidman, Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler
Top 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
