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- BFI identifier5146
- Date1982 (Copyright)
1983-08-25 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, Japan, New Zealand
- Production company
- SynopsisDrama set in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War exploring the human and inhuman aspects of the clash between two very different cultures. British officer John Lawrence bears witness to the rebellion of South African prisoner Jack Celliers and the strange and unspoken bond he forms with the camp commander, Captain Yonoi. (Synopsis)
- Work historyShown at the 1984 Edinburgh Film Festival. Japanese release date: 28 May 1983.
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- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Nagisa Oshima
©: National Film Trustee Company Ltd
Made in association with: Antares-Nova N.V.
view all - CastDavid Bowie (Major Jack "Straffer" Celliers)
Tom Conti (Colonel John Lawrence)
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Captain Yonoi)
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Title
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Original)
Senjo No Merry Christmas (Alternative)
Happy Christmas Mr Lawrence (Alternative)
Senjou No Merii Kurisumasu (Alternative)
Furyo (Alternative)
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Help search)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/8F72-95FE-66DC-8D32-6BB3-1Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
- Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: English Sub-titles List - SCR-2621
Script - Original story: Based the novel 'The Seed and the Sower' by Laurens van der Post - SCR-12316
Script - Original story: Based on the novel 'The Seed and the Sower' by Laurens van der Post - SCR-12317
Script - Original story: Based on the novel 'The Seed and the Sower' by Laurens van der Post - SCR-12318
Music cue sheet held.
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2341258
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2341257
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2341260
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-1w8
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-1w7
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- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes April 2014
BFI Southbank Programme Notes February 2018
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Work - 5146 - 1982 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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