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Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West.
In 1853 Japan, the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman, sets the backdrop of the Westernization of Japan. The lives of both men are radically changed by the coming of American ships to Japan.
September 6, 1976
Pacific Overtures Co.
30 people
Mako
Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
Acting
Soon-Tek Oh
Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
Acting
Yuki Shimoda
Abe, First Councillor
Acting
Sab Shimono
Manjiro
Acting
Isao Sato
Kayama
Acting
Alvin Ing
Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
Acting
Ernest Harada
Physician/Madam/British Admiral
Acting
James Dybas
Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral
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Mark Hsu Syers
Samurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor
Acting
Patrick Kinser-Lau
Shogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl
Acting
Ernest Abuba
Samurai/Adams/Noble
Acting
Larry Hama
Williams/Lord of the South
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