Pacific Overtures
(1976)

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

Released: 1976-09-06

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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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Mako

as Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble

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Soon-Tek Oh

as Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman

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Yuki Shimoda

as Abe, First Councillor

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Sab Shimono

as Manjiro

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Isao Sato

as Kayama

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Alvin Ing

as Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral

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Ernest Harada

as Physician/Madam/British Admiral

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James Dybas

as Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral

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Mark Hsu Syers

as Samurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor

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Patrick Kinser-Lau

as Shogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl

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Ernest Abuba

as Samurai/Adams/Noble

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Larry Hama

as Williams/Lord of the South

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Jae Woo Lee

as Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South

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Freddy Mao

as Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter

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Tom Matsusaka

as Imperial Priest

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Conrad Yama

as Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant

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Timm Fujii

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

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Haruki Fujimoto

as Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry

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Joey Ginza

as Ensemble

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