Mako
Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
Pacific Overtures
9.0/10 TMDB1976Music140 minutes
Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West.
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.
MA
SO
Soon-Tek Oh
Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
YU
Yuki Shimoda
Abe, First Councillor
GE
Gedde Watanabe
Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble
SA
Sab Shimono
Manjiro
KI
Kim Miyori
Ensemble
FR
Freda Foh Shen
Shogun's Wife/Ensemble
ER
Ernest Abuba
Samurai/Adams/Noble
AL
Alvin Ing
Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
ER
Ernest Harada
Physician/Madam/British Admiral
CO
Conrad Yama
Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant
JA
James Dybas
Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral
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140 minutes
English
United States of America
September 6, 1976
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