Pacific Overtures
Pacific Overtures
Release: 1976-09-06
·Runtime: 140m
·★ 9.0
Music
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Pacific Overtures Co.
Cast
Sab Shimono
as Manjiro
Soon-Tek Oh
as Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
Gedde Watanabe
as Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble
Ernest Abuba
as Samurai/Adams/Noble
Freda Foh Shen
as Shogun's Wife/Ensemble
Yuki Shimoda
as Abe, First Councillor
James Dybas
as Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral
Ernest Harada
as Physician/Madam/British Admiral
Larry Hama
as Williams/Lord of the South
Kim Miyori
as Ensemble
Alvin Ing
as Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
Susan Kikuchi
as Ensemble
Mako
as Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
