Pacific Overtures (1976)
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Release09/06/1976
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ProductionPacific Overtures Co.
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Rotten tomato90%
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Original titlePacific Overtures
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Original languageen
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Production Cost
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Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West.
Overview
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.
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Director
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Casts
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Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
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Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
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Abe, First Councillor
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Manjiro
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Kayama
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Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
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Physician/Madam/British Admiral
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Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral
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Samurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor
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Shogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl
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Samurai/Adams/Noble
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Williams/Lord of the South
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Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South
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Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter
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Imperial Priest
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Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant
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Ensemble
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Son/Priest/Girl/Noble/British Sailor/Ensemble
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Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
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Ensemble
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Ensemble
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Shogun's Wife/Ensemble
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Observer/Ensemble
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Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble