David Bowie
Maj. Jack "Strafer" Celliers
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Japanese: 戦場のメリークリスマス, Hepburn: Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu, lit. ' Battlefield's Merry Christmas '), also known as Furyo (Japanese for "prisoner of war"), is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, co-written by Paul Mayersberg, and produced by Jeremy Thomas.
Sep 2, 1983 · Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence: Directed by Nagisa Ôshima. With David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano. During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
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- Drama, War
- Nagisa Ôshima
- 1983-09-02
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Roger Ebert September 16, 1983. Tweet. Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Bowie. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Here's a movie that is even stranger than it was intended to be. "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" is about a clash between two cultures (British and Japanese) and two styles of military service (patriotic and pragmatic).
Rent Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Worthy themes and strong performances across the board make Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence an impactful...
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. In this captivating, skewed World War II drama from Nagisa Oshima, David Bowie regally embodies Celliers, a British officer interned by the Japanese as a POW. Rock star Ryuichi Sakamoto (who also composed this film’s hypnotic score) plays the camp commander, obsessed with the mysterious blond major, while Tom ...
