Pacific Overtures

Name: Pacific Overtures
Genre: Music
Released: 1976
Duration: 140 min
Rating: 9

1976 · 140 min

Music

★ 9.0

not streaming

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.

Crew

Director Marty Pasetta
Director Hal Prince
Writer Stephen Sondheim
Writer John Weidman
Writer Hugh Wheeler

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

Crew

Director — Marty Pasetta
Director — Hal Prince
Writer — Stephen Sondheim
Writer — John Weidman
Writer — Hugh Wheeler

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