Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Pacific Overtures Co.
Pacific Overtures on the Web:WikiData
Cast & Crew
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Isao Sato
as Kayama
Pacific Overtures
"Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West."Movie
Audience Score
2 hr 20 minMusic
Plot
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.
