Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence(Movie, 1983)

Name: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1983
Duration: T02:4:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "戦場のメリークリスマス" (Japanese/JA)

2h 4min | Genres: Drama, History, War

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 186 votes)

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. 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). It stars David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano and Jack Thompson; Sakamoto also composed and played the musical score including the vocal version of the main theme "Forbidden Colo... ()

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About Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Auckland, Rarotonga

Plays in: Java

Based on the work of: Laurens van der Post ("The Night of the New Moon")

Made by: Home Box Office (HBO)

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Japanese (JA)

Translated into 1 language: English (EN)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 12/02/1983 (World premiere: 05/28/1983)

Cast: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson, Yuya Uchida, Kan Mikami, Johnny Okura, Alistair Browning, James Malcolm, Chris Broun, Ryūnosuke Kaneda, Takashi Naitō, Tamio Ishikura, Rokkō Toura, Yūji Honma, Daisuke Iijima, Hideo Murota, Barry Dorking, Geoff Clendon, Grant Bridger, Richard Adams, Geoff Allen, Michael Baxter-Lax, Mark Berg, Marcus Campbell, Colin Francis, Richard Hensby, Richard Hoare, Martin Ibbertson, Rob Jayne, Richard Mills, Mark Penrose, Arthur Ranford, Steve Smith, Stephen Taylor, Richard Zimmerman, Ian Miller, Don Stevens, Yôichi Iijima, Masaki Kusakabe, Kunihide Kuruma, Mikami Hiroshi, Akihiro Masuda, Tokuhisa Masuda, Takeshi Nagasawa, Takashi Odashima, Masanori Okada, Shoetsu Sato, Rintaro Shibata, Masamichi Shibasaki, Kaname Shimura, Kenzo Shirahama, Hisao Takeda, Hidenobu Togo, Atsuo Yamashita, Heiwa Yoshihara, Takeshi Yu

Director: Nagisa Ōshima

Producer: Jeremy Thomas

Screenwriter: Nagisa Ōshima, Paul Mayersberg, Laurens van der Post

Executive Producer: Terry Glinwood, Masato Hara, Joyce Herlihy, Geoffrey Nethercott, Eiko Oshima, Larry Parr

Film Editor: Tomoyo Ōshima

Director of Photography: Tōichirō Narushima

Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto

Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"圣诞快乐，劳伦斯先生"

"战场上的快乐圣诞"

"Feliz Navidad, Mr. Lawrence"

"Furyo"

"Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence"

"Kalά Christoύgenna, Kύrie Lώrens"

"Καλά Χριστούγεννα, Κύριε Λώρενς"

"Senjō no meri kurisumasu"

"God jul, Mr. Lawrence"

"Wesołych świąt, pułkowniku Lawrence"

"Crăciun fericit, domnule Lawrence!"

Keywords: pacific war, 1940s, war crimes, court martial, prisoner of war, java, indonesia, world war ii, prison camp, based on novel or book

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