Pacific Overtures

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9/6/1976
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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.

Directors:
Marty Pasetta
Hal Prince
Writers:
Stephen Sondheim
John Weidman
Hugh Wheeler
    • filmed theater

    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

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