Trailer for Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.
In this captivating, exhilaratingly skewed World War II drama from Nagisa Oshima, David Bowie (The Man Who Fell to Earth, Basquiat) regally embodies the character Celliers, a high-ranking British officer interned by the Japanese as a POW. Music star Ryuichi Sakamoto plays the camp commander, who becomes obsessed with the mysterious blond major, while Tom Conti is British lieutenant colonel Mr. Lawrence, who tries to bridge the emotional and language divides between his captors and fellow prisoners. Also featuring actor-director Takeshi Kitano in his first dramatic role, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a multilayered, brutal, at times erotic tale of culture clash that was one of Oshima’s greatest successes.
3 min 13 sec
Views
17,358
Posted On
December 14, 2010
Nagisa Ôshima
Writer
Nagisa Ôshima
Studio
Image Entertainment
Release
September 2, 1983
David Bowie
Tom Conti
Ryûichi Sakamoto
Takeshi Kitano
Jack Thompson
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