Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)



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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

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

Nagisa Ōshima
Director / Screenplay

Paul Mayersberg
Screenplay

Laurens van der Post
Novel

Terry Glinwood
Executive Producer

Geoffrey Nethercott
Executive Producer

Eiko Ōshima
Executive Producer

Jeremy Thomas
Producer

Tomoyo Ōshima
Editor

Tōichirō Narushima
Director of Photography

Larry Parr
Associate Producer

Lee Tamahori
First Assistant Director

Jonty Barraud
Second Assistant Director

Raijin Nakahata
Continuity

Warren Mearns
Gaffer

Brian Harris
Key Grip

Andrew Sanders
Art Direction

Masaru Arakawa
Set Dresser

Shōichi Yasuda
Property Master

Christine West
Wardrobe Supervisor

Antony Clavet
Makeup Supervisor

Robern Pickering
Key Makeup Artist

Glenis Daly
Hairdresser

Mike Westgate
Sound Recordist

Eugene Arts
Boom Operator

Akira Honma
Sound Effects

Ken George
Still Photographer

Takashi Ueno
Casting / Still Photographer

Diana Rowan
Casting

Joyce Herlihy
Associate Producer
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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 LocationsAuckland, New Zealand · Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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 Lt. Col. John Lawrence) 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 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.
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