Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Japanese) 1983
aka: Senjô no merî Kurisumasu
Year: 1983
Directed: Nagisa Ôshima
Genre: Drama | War
Runtime: 02:04:00
Country: Japan
Language: English | Japanese
Subtitles: English srt
Cast: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryûichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano
IMDb: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Synopsis / Plot
When the British soldier Celliers arrive at a POW camp in Java, starved and tortured, the social structure of the camp is disrupted.
Being the liaison for the prisoners, but also trying to understand what drives the Japanese, the liaison officer Lawrence, is caught between the two sides, struggling to make each side understand the other.
The story deals with the cultural and identity differences between those who belong to the British Empire and those who belong to the Japanese Emperor. Both sides are driven by the sense of honour (or lack thereof). The Japanese view the English prisoners as lacking any honour, as they chose to be taken as prisoners rather than killing themselves; and the English view the Japanese as having no honour in the way they treat the prisoners (and themselves).
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
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…an poignant, tragic film, beautifully crafted by all involved.
I saw it in NYC when it was first released and it had an impact that resonates to this day as an example of film as poetry. Unfortunately it was marketed as a “war moo-vee” and disappeared fairly quickly.
The soundtrack by sakamoto is magic and timeless and the cast did an amazing job at presenting the absurdity and horror of war as well as the bonds between men from gallantry and admiration to homo-eroticism.
classic: a must see.
thanx for the torrent dsted