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Pacific Overtures (1976)

ALL 09/06/1976 (en) Music 140 Min
  • Release
    09/06/1976
  • Production
    Pacific Overtures Co.
  • Rotten tomato
    90%
  • Original title
    Pacific Overtures
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

Overview

Pacific Overtures is a musical written by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman. The show is set in Japan beginning in 1853 and follows the difficult westernization of Japan, told from the point of view of the Japanese. In particular, the story focuses on the lives of two friends caught in the change. The original Broadway production of Pacific Overtures in 1976 was staged in Kabuki style, with men playing women's parts and set changes made in full view of the audience by black-clad stagehands. It opened to mixed reviews and closed after six months, despite being nominated for ten Tony Awards. 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.

  1. Marty Pasetta

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Mako

    Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble

  2. Soon-Tek Oh

    Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman

  3. Yuki Shimoda

    Abe, First Councillor

  4. Sab Shimono

    Manjiro

  5. Isao Sato

    Kayama

  6. Alvin Ing

    Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral

  7. Ernest Harada

    Physician/Madam/British Admiral

  8. James Dybas

    Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral

  9. Mark Hsu Syers

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

  10. Patrick Kinser-Lau

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

  11. Ernest Abuba

    Samurai/Adams/Noble

  12. Larry Hama

    Williams/Lord of the South

  13. Jae Woo Lee

    Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South

  14. Freddy Mao

    Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter

  15. Tom Matsusaka

    Imperial Priest

  16. Conrad Yama

    Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant

  17. Kenneth S. Eiland

    Ensemble

  18. Timm Fujii

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

  19. Haruki Fujimoto

    Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry

  20. Joey Ginza

    Ensemble

  21. Susan Kikuchi

    Ensemble

  22. Diane Lam

    Ensemble

  23. Richard Magpiong

    Ensemble

  24. Tony Marinyo

    Ensemble

  25. Kevin Maung

    Ensemble

  26. Kim Miyori

    Ensemble

  27. Dingo Secretario

    Ensemble

  28. Freda Foh Shen

    Shogun's Wife/Ensemble

  29. Ricardo Tobia

    Observer/Ensemble

  30. Gedde Watanabe

    Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 30 , Crews : 17

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Pacific Overtures (1976) 140 Min

ALL 09/06/1976 (en)
Music
  • Release 09/06/1976
  • Production
    Pacific Overtures Co.
  • Original title Pacific Overtures
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

Overview

Pacific Overtures is a musical written by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman. The show is set in Japan beginning in 1853 and follows the difficult westernization of Japan, told from the point of view of the Japanese. In particular, the story focuses on the lives of two friends caught in the change. The original Broadway production of Pacific Overtures in 1976 was staged in Kabuki style, with men playing women's parts and set changes made in full view of the audience by black-clad stagehands. It opened to mixed reviews and closed after six months, despite being nominated for ten Tony Awards. 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.

  1. Marty Pasetta

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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