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Pacific Overtures
Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West.
9.0
1976
140m
4K ULTRA HD
MusicTV Movie
Storyline
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.