Loading
Film · 1976
Pacific Overtures
2h 20mDirected by Marty Pasetta, Hal Prince
- Music
- TV Movie
Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West.
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.
On Ligoscope
Nobody has logged Pacific Overtures on Ligoscope yet. Be the first to rate it, review it and put it in your diary.
Cast
MakoReciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
Soon-Tek OhTamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
Yuki ShimodaAbe, First Councillor
Sab ShimonoManjiro- Isao SatoKayama
Alvin IngShogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
Ernest HaradaPhysician/Madam/British Admiral
James DybasSecond Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral- Mark Hsu SyersSamurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor
- Patrick Kinser-LauShogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl
Ernest AbubaSamurai/Adams/Noble
Larry HamaWilliams/Lord of the South
Details
- Director
- Marty Pasetta, Hal Prince
- Writer
- John Weidman, Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler
- Music
- Stephen Sondheim
- Release
- September 6, 1976
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Pacific Overtures Co.
More like this
Drumline: A New Beat2014
Battle of the Year2013
Adele One Night Only2021
Girl in the Box2016
The Hunchback1997
The Magic of Ordinary Days2005
Normal2003
Broadway Melody of 19401940
TalhotBlond2012
Picture a Perfect Christmas2019
My Christmas Prince2017
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square2020