本片是一部美国歌舞片，由Marty Pasetta导演，由Mako ·· Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble主演。
剧情简介：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 initiatives of the Western powers for commercial exploitation of the Pacific nation were anything but "pacific" (or peaceable) overtures. Built around a quasi-Japanese pentatonic scale, the music contrasts Japanese contemplation ("There is No Other Way") with Western ingenuousness ("Please Hello," "Pretty Lady").
The original Broadway production of Pacific Overtures in 1976 was presented in Kabuki style, with men playing women's parts and set changes made in full view of the audience by people dressed in black. It opened to mixed reviews and closed after six months, nevertheless being nominated for ten Tony Awards. According to Steven Suskin, the score is "uniformly interesting" and contains "some of Sondheim's finest writing".
外文名：Pacific Overtures
类型：歌舞
地区：美国
导演：Marty Pasetta
编剧：John Weidman (play) / Hugh Wheeler (additional material) / Stephen Sondheim(music and lyrics)
演员：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 / Ernest Harada ·· Physician / Madam / British Admiral / 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 / Conrad Yama ·· Grandmother / Sumo Wrestler / Japanese Merchant / Fusako Yoshida—Musician / Shamisen
