Pacific Overtures
Film1976140 min9.0/10 on TMDB
Directed by Marty Pasetta, Hal Prince
Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
MakoReciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
Soon-Tek OhTamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
Yuki ShimodaAbe, First Councillor
Sab ShimonoManjiroIsao Sato
Isao SatoKayama
Alvin IngShogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
Ernest HaradaPhysician/Madam/British Admiral
James DybasSecond Councillor/Old Man/French AdmiralMark Hsu Syers
Mark Hsu SyersSamurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British SailorPatrick Kinser-Lau
Patrick Kinser-LauShogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl
Ernest AbubaSamurai/Adams/Noble
Larry HamaWilliams/Lord of the SouthExplore the crew
- Director
- Marty Pasetta
- Director
- Hal Prince
- Writer
- Stephen Sondheim
- Original Music Composer
- Stephen Sondheim
- Writer
- John Weidman
- Writer
- Hugh Wheeler