Pacific Overtures
1976In 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.
Acted in
Mako
as Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
Soon-Tek Oh
as Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
Yuki Shimoda
as Abe, First Councillor
Sab Shimono
as Manjiro
Isao Sato
as Kayama
Alvin Ing
as Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
Ernest Harada
as Physician/Madam/British Admiral
James Dybas
as Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral
Mark Hsu Syers
as Samurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor
Patrick Kinser-Lau
as Shogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl
Ernest Abuba
as Samurai/Adams/Noble
Larry Hama
as Williams/Lord of the South
Jae Woo Lee
as Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South
Freddy Mao
as Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter
Tom Matsusaka
as Imperial Priest
Conrad Yama
as Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant
Kenneth S. Eiland
as Ensemble
Timm Fujii
as Son/Priest/Girl/Noble/British Sailor/Ensemble
Haruki Fujimoto
as Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
Joey Ginza
as Ensemble
Susan Kikuchi
as Ensemble
Diane Lam
as Ensemble
Richard Magpiong
as Ensemble
Tony Marinyo
as Ensemble
Kevin Maung
as Ensemble
Kim Miyori
as Ensemble
Dingo Secretario
as Ensemble
Freda Foh Shen
as Shogun's Wife/Ensemble
Ricardo Tobia
as Observer/Ensemble
Gedde Watanabe
as Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble