
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.

as Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble

as Tamate/Samurai/Storyteller/Swordsman

as Abe, First Councillor

as Manjiro

as Kayama

as Shogun's Mother/Observer/Merchant/American Admiral

as Physician/Madam/British Admiral

as Second Councillor/Old Man/French Admiral

as Samurai/Thief/Soothsayer/Warrior/Russian Admiral/British Sailor

as Shogun's Companion/Dutch Admiral/British Sailor/Girl

as Samurai/Adams/Noble

as Williams/Lord of the South

as Fisherman/Sumo Wrestler/Lord of the South

as Third Councillor/Samurai's Daughter

as Imperial Priest

as Grandmother/Sumo Wrestler/Japanese Merchant

as Ensemble

as Son/Priest/Girl/Noble/British Sailor/Ensemble

as Servant/Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry

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as Shogun's Wife/Ensemble

as Observer/Ensemble

as Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble