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
as Ensemble
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as Shogun's Wife/Ensemble
as Observer/Ensemble
as Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble
