Pacific Overtures

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

Duration: 140 min

Release date: 1976-09-06

IMDB

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.

Music

Pacific Overtures

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as Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble

as Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman

as Abe, First Councillor

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

as Physician/Madam/British Admiral

as Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral

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

Patrick Kinser-Lau

Patrick Kinser-Lau

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

as Samurai/Adams/Noble

as Williams/Lord of the South

as Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South

as Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter

as Imperial Priest

as Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant

Kenneth S. Eiland

Kenneth S. Eiland

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

Haruki Fujimoto

Haruki Fujimoto

as Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry

Richard Magpiong

Richard Magpiong

Dingo Secretario

Dingo Secretario

as Shogun's Wife/Ensemble

as Observer/Ensemble

as Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble

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Lighting Design

Jonathan Tunick

Jonathan Tunick

Makeup Designer

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Haruki Fujimoto

Haruki Fujimoto

Creative Consultant

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Original Music Composer

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