类型：歌舞片电影
导演：Marty Pasetta 编剧：John Weidman (play), Hugh Wheeler (additional material), Stephen Sondheim(music and lyrics)
主演：Alvin Ing -- Shogun's Mother, Observer, Merchant, American Admiral, Patrick Kinser-Lau—Shogun's Companion, Jae Woo Lee—Fisherman, Sumo Wrestler, Lord of the South, Freddy Mao—Third Councillor, Samurai's Daughter, Tom Matsusaka—Imperial Priest, Freda Foh Shen -- Shogun's Wife, Mark Hsu Syers -- Samurai, Thief, Soothsayer, Warrior, Russian Admiral, British Sailor, Ricardo Tobia—Observer, Gedde Watanabe-- Priest, Mako -- Reciter, Shogun, Jonathan Goble, Soon-Teck Oh -- Tamate, Kayama's Wife, Samurai, Storyteller, Swordsman, Isao Sato-- Kayama, Yuki Shimoda -- Abe, First Councillor, Sab Shimono -- Manjiro, Ernest Abuba -- Samurai, Adams, Noble, James Dybas -- Second Councillor, Old Man, French Admiral, Timm Fujii—Son, Priest, Girl, Noble, British Sailor, Haruki Fujimoto -- Servant, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, Larry Hama-- Williams, Lord of the South, Conrad Yama -- Grandmother, Sumo Wrestler, Japanese Merchant, Ernest Harada -- Physician, Madam, British Admiral, Fusako Yoshida—Musician, Shamisen
Pacific Overtures is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, a libretto by John Weidman, and additional material by Hugh Wheeler. The musical is set in 1853 Japan and follows the difficult Westernization of Japan, through the lives of two friends caught in the change. The title of the work is ironic, nodding toward "overture" as a musical form, noting that the init...
