Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

In 1942, a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp on the island of Java during the war. There were the rough sergeant Hara, the British Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence who was fluent in Japanese, and the camp commander, Captain Yonoi. One day, British Army Major Celiaz is brought in, and Yonoi is fascinated by him, even though he is annoyed by his rebellious attitude.

staff

Director: Nagisa Oshima

Producer: Jeremy Thomas

Original work: “ In the Shadow Prison ” by Laurens van der Post

Screenplay: Nagisa Oshima

paul mayersburg

Photography: Hiroaki Sugimura

Art director: Shigemasa Toda

Director of Photography: Toichiro Narushima

Edit: Tomoyo Oshima

Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto

Assistant Director: Lee Tamahori

cast

David Bowie

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Beat Takeshi

tom conti

jack thompson

Yuya Uchida

Johnny Okura

Hideo Murota

Mutsuhiro Toura

Ryunosuke Kaneda

Hiroshi Mikami

Tsuyoshi Naito

Yuuji Honma

Tamio Ishikura

Daisuke Iijima

alistair browning

james malcolm

chris brown

"Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence"

©Oshima Nagisa Productions

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