Characters & Themes
Pacific Overtures (1976) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1976 · 140 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Hal Prince, Marty Pasetta
- Starring
- MAKO, Ernest Harada, Gedde Watanabe, Kim Miyori, Sab Shimono, Larry Hama
Stephen Sondheim’s kabuki‑style adaptation dramatizes Japan’s forced opening to the West in 1853. The narrative tracks the nation’s rapid Westernization through two protagonists—a samurai named Kayama and a humble fisherman, Manjiro—whose lives are upended when American warships arrive on Japanese shores.
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