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Nov 17, 2009 · Decca Records. 431K subscribers. 256K. 18M views 14 years ago. Established in 1929, Decca is the legendary British record label, home to some of the greatest recording artists ever. Visit the Decca...
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- Decca Records
Jun 15, 2020 · Order your copy: https://bit.ly/3coJTFY David Bowie stars in Nagisa Oshima’s 1983 Palme d’Or-nominated portrait of resilience, pride, friendship and obsessio...
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- Arrow Academy
"Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" was composed and performed by Ryuichi Sakamoto for the soundtrack to Nagisa Oshima’s classic 1983 film Merry Christmas Mr. Law...
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- Milan Records USA
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
This is "A Scene from MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE" by Criterion Collection on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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- Criterion Collection
The film is based on the experiences of Sir Laurens van der Post (portrayed by Tom Conti) as a prisoner of war in Java (Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies) during World War II, as depicted in his books The Seed and the Sower (1963) and The Night of the New Moon (1970).
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. Directed by Nagisa Oshima • 1983 • Japan. Starring David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tom Conti. 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.
