Pacific Overtures

Pacific Overtures

🎞️ Movie 120 min US
โ˜… 8.6 /10 1976

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

Set in 1853 Japan, Pacific Overtures 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.

Cast

Mako
Mako
Reciter
Mako
Mako
Shogun
Mako
Mako
Jonathan Goble
Soon-Tek Oh
Soon-Tek Oh
Tamate
Soon-Tek Oh
Soon-Tek Oh
Samurai
Soon-Tek Oh
Soon-Tek Oh
Storyteller
Yuki Shimoda
Yuki Shimoda
Abe - First Councillor
Sab Shimono
Sab Shimono
Manjiro
๐Ÿ‘ค
Isao Sato
Kayama
Alvin Ing
Alvin Ing
Shogun's Mother
Alvin Ing
Alvin Ing
Observer
Alvin Ing
Alvin Ing
Merchant
Ernest Harada
Ernest Harada
Physician
Ernest Harada
Ernest Harada
Madam
Ernest Harada
Ernest Harada
British Admiral
๐Ÿ‘ค
James Dybas
Second Councillor
๐Ÿ‘ค
James Dybas
Old Man
๐Ÿ‘ค
James Dybas
French Admiral
๐Ÿ‘ค
Mark Syers
Samurai
๐Ÿ‘ค
Mark Syers
Thief
๐Ÿ‘ค
Mark Syers
Soothsayer
๐Ÿ‘ค
Patrick Kinser-Lau
Shogun's Companion
๐Ÿ‘ค
Patrick Kinser-Lau
Dutch Admiral
๐Ÿ‘ค
Patrick Kinser-Lau
British Sailor