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TrailerThe story takes place on a film set in Java at a Japanese POW camp in 1942. It is about a complex relationship between a rebellious prisoner, David Bowie and camp commandant Ryuichi Sakomoto who is obsessed by Bowie's attitude.Actors: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson, Johnny Ohkura, Alistair Browning, James Malcolm, Chris Broun, Yûya Uchida, Ryûnosuke Kaneda, ...»Director: Nagisa ÔshimaCountry: United KingdomDuration: 123 minQuality: HDRelease: 1983IMDb: 7.2Rating(0) Voted0 CommentsSort By- Newest
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Actors of "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence"
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Characters of "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence"
Maj. Jack 'Strafer' CelliersPlayed by: David Bowie
Col. John LawrencePlayed by: Tom Conti
Capt. YonoiPlayed by: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sgt. Gengo HaraPlayed by: Takeshi Kitano
Group Capt. HicksleyPlayed by: Jack Thompson
Australian DoctorPlayed by: Geoff Clendon
P.O.WPlayed by: Richard Adams
English GuardPlayed by: Ian Miller -
Directors of "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence"
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Creators of "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence"
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Critic Reviews of "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence"
TIME MagazineDecember 10, 2008The Merry Christmas catalogue of atrocities finally becomes numbing, even ludicrous.
Village VoiceOctober 02, 2008From Oshima's later career... most notable is this bilingual, end-of-WWII tearjerker about forgiveness and understanding between cultures, which could have been dubbed The Man Who Fell to Java.
Time OutJune 24, 2006For all the praise heaped upon Oshima's admittedly ambitious film about East-West relations in the microcosm of a Japanese PoW camp during World War II, it's far less satisfactory than most of his earlier work.
Chicago Sun-TimesOctober 23, 2004Here's a movie that is even stranger than it was intended to be.
New York TimesAugust 30, 2004Mr. Oshima has staged the film in a spacious tropical setting and filled it with a great number of extras. Even so, Mr. Bowie always stands out from the crowd.
Chicago ReaderJanuary 01, 2000The context and frequent incontinence of the execution bring the film uncomfortably close to the pseudophilosophical bondage fantasies of Yukio Mishima.
Q Network Film DeskOctober 12, 2010The film’s attention is split fairly evenly across the major characters, and their interactions are consistently fascinating in the way they illustrate both the cultural divide and the halting attempts to somehow bridge it.
Combustible CelluloidOctober 01, 2010It's relentlessly grim, constantly off-balance, occasionally moving, and often striking.
Urban CinefileMay 01, 2008David Bowie is outstanding as the defiant British prisoner whose erotic appeal undoes the Japanese commandant, played by Sakamoto, who was at the height of his fame as a musical icon in Japan
TV GuideJuly 30, 2003Fine performances by Conti, Takeshi (brilliant in his first dramatic role), Sakamoto (a Japanese pop star in his film acting debut who also contributed the memorable score), and Bowie enhance this provocative film.
Spirituality and PracticeJuly 23, 2003A compelling cross-cultural study of friendship and bravery
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