Title

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Cast

David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jack Thompson, Johnny Okura, Alistair Browning, James Malcolm, Yuya Uchida, Ryunosuke Kaneda, Taketoshi Naito, Tamio Ishikura, Chris Broun, Rob Jayne, Hideo Murota, Takeshi Kitano, Richard Mills, Rokko Toura, Christopher Brown, Richard Adams

Director

Cinematographer

Editor

Language

English, Japanese

Video

1080p 23.976 fps 1.78:1

Audio

DTS-HD MA 2.0 24 bits 48 kHz 2035 kbps

Subtitles

English

Disc

BD50 47.08 GB Region A

Tags

Drama, War

In this captivating, exhilaratingly skewed World War II drama from Nagisa Oshima (In The Realm Of The Senses, Empire Of Passion), 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 (who also composed this film's hypnotic score) plays the camp commander, who becomes obsessed with the mysterious blond major, while Tom Conti (The Duellists; Reuben, Reuben) 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 (Sonatine, Fireworks) 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.