Stephen Sondheim's kabuki retelling of the opening of Japan to the West.
In 1853 Japan, the story follows the Westernization of Japan, mainly through the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman. The lives of both men are radically changed by the coming of American ships to Japan.
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as Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble
DeceasedBorn: December 10, 1933
Died: July 21, 2006
Age at death: 72
as Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman
DeceasedBorn: June 29, 1932
Died: April 4, 2018
Age at death: 85
as Abe, First Councillor
DeceasedBorn: August 10, 1921
Died: May 21, 1981
Age at death: 59
as Manjiro
AliveBorn: July 31, 1937
Age: 89
Sacramento, California, United States
as Kayama
DeceasedBorn: June 27, 1949
Died: March 9, 1990
Age at death: 40
as Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral
DeceasedBorn: May 26, 1938
Died: July 21, 2021
Age at death: 83
as Physician/Madam/British Admiral
DeceasedBorn: October 20, 1937
Died: April 5, 2019
Age at death: 81
as Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral
AliveBorn: February 7, 1944
Age: 82
Chicago, Illinois, USA
as Samurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor
DeceasedBorn: October 25, 1952
Died: May 15, 1983
Age at death: 30
as Shogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl
DeceasedBorn: February 21, 1953
Died: October 26, 1983
Age at death: 30
as Samurai/Adams/Noble
AliveBorn: August 25, 1947
Age: 79
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
as Williams/Lord of the South
AliveBorn: June 7, 1949
Age: 77
New York, New York, USA
as Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter
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as Imperial Priest
DeceasedBorn: August 8, 1933
Died: November 10, 2017
Age at death: 84
as Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant
DeceasedBorn: October 8, 1919
Died: March 10, 2010
Age at death: 90
as Ensemble
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as Son/Priest/Girl/Noble/British Sailor/Ensemble
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as Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
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as Ensemble
DeceasedBorn: December 25, 1943
Died: June 14, 1987
Age at death: 43
as Ensemble
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as Ensemble
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as Ensemble
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as Ensemble
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as Ensemble
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as Ensemble
AliveBorn: January 4, 1951
Age: 75
Santa Barbara, California, USA
as Ensemble
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as Shogun's Wife/Ensemble
AliveBorn: April 25, 1948
Age: 78
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
as Observer/Ensemble
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as Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble
AliveBorn: June 26, 1955
Age: 71
Ogden, Utah, USA