Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
David Bowie
Celliers
Tom Conti
Lawrence
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Yonoi / Original Music Composer
Takeshi Kitano
Hara
Jack Thompson
Hicksley
Johnny Ohkura
Kanemoto
Alistair Browning
De Jong
James Malcolm
Celliers' Brother
Chris Broun
Celliers (12 Years)
Yuya Uchida
Commandant of Military Prison
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
President of the Court
Takashi Naito
Lieutenant Iwata
Tamio Ishikura
Prosecutor
Rokkō Toura
Interpreter
Kan Mikami
Lieutenant Itō
Yūji Honma
PFC Yajima
Daisuke Iijima
Corporal Ueki
Hideo Murota
New Commandant of Camp
Barry Dorking
Chief Doctor
Geoff Clendon
Australian Doctor
Shigemasa Toda
ProductionDesigner
Grant Bridger
P.O.W. Officer
Richard Adams
P.O.W. #1
Geoff Allen
P.O.W. #2
Michael Baxter-Lax
P.O.W. #3
Mark Berg
P.O.W. #4
Marcus Campbell
P.O.W. #5
Colin Francis
P.O.W. #6
Richard Hensby
P.O.W. #7
Richard Hoare
P.O.W. #8
Martin Ibbertson
P.O.W. #9
Rob Jayne
P.O.W. #10
Richard Mills
P.O.W. #11
Mark Penrose
P.O.W. #12
Arthur Ranford
P.O.W. #13
Steve Smith
P.O.W. #14
Stephen Taylor
P.O.W. #15
Richard Zimmerman
P.O.W. #16
Ian Miller
English Guard
Don Stevens
Pastor
Yōichi Iijima
Japanese Soldier #1
Satoshi Itō
Japanese Soldier #2
Masaki Kusakabe
Japanese Soldier #3
Kunihide Kuruma
Japanese Soldier #4
Hiroshi Mikami
Japanese Soldier #5
Akihiro Masuda
Japanese Soldier #6
Tokuhisa Masuda
Japanese Soldier #7
Takeshi Nagasawa
Japanese Soldier #8
Takashi Odashima
Japanese Soldier #9
Masanori Okada
Japanese Soldier #10
Shoetsu Sato
Japanese Soldier #11
Rintaro Shibata
Japanese Soldier #12
Masamichi Shibasaki
Japanese Soldier #13
Kaname Shimura
Japanese Soldier #14
Kenzo Shirahama
Japanese Soldier #15
Hisao Takeda
Japanese Soldier #16
Hidenobu Togo
Japanese Soldier #17
Atsuo Yamashita
Japanese Soldier #18
Heiwa Yoshihara
Japanese Soldier #19
Takeshi Yū
Japanese Soldier #20
Paul Mayersberg
Screenplay
Geoffrey Nethercott
Executive Producer
Terry Glinwood
Executive Producer
Laurens van der Post
Novel
Nagisa Ōshima
Director / Screenplay
Tomoyo Ōshima
Editor
Jeremy Thomas
Producer
Eiko Ōshima
Executive Producer
Tōichirō Narushima
Director of Photography
Shōichi Yasuda
Property Master
Mike Westgate
Sound Recordist
Raijin Nakahata
Continuity
Glenis Daly
Hairdresser
Akira Honma
Sound Effects
Andrew Sanders
Art Direction
Robern Pickering
Key Makeup Artist
Antony Clavet
Makeup Supervisor
Diana Rowan
Casting
Joyce Herlihy
Associate Producer
Jonty Barraud
Second Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 28, 1983
Original Name戦場のメリークリスマス
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 4m
Content RatingR
Box Office$2,306,560
Filming LocationsRarotonga, Cook Islands · Auckland, New Zealand
Genres
Wiki.
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 Japan 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 wrote the score including the vocal version of the main theme "Forbidden Colours", with lyrics written and sung by David Sylvian.The film was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d'Or. Sakamoto's score won the film a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.