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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 124 minutes
Actors
David Bowie | Tom Conti | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Takeshi Kitano | Jack Thompson | Johnny Okura | Alistair Browning | James Malcolm | Chris Broun | Yuya Uchida | Ryunosuke Kaneda | Takashi Naito | Tamio Ishikura | Rokkô Toura | Kan Mikami | Yûji 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 | Satoshi Itō | Masaki Kusakabe | Kunihide Kuruma | Hiroshi Mikami | 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 Yū