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Genres:
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Drama /
War /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Nagisa Ôshima
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Actors:
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Ryuichi Sakamoto,
Yûya Uchida,
Johnny Okura,
James Malcolm,
Chris Broun,
David Bowie,
Tom Conti,
Takeshi Kitano,
Jack Thompson,
Alistair Browning
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Duration:
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124 min.
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Rating:
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(7.1/10)82.5
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Plot Summary:
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In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a japanese prison camp. The group is run by Yonoi, who has a firm faith in discipline, fame and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of commiting suicide. A particular of the prisoners, interpreter John Lawrence, tries to expound the japanese way of thinking, but is considered a traitor.
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
A leading Japanese number one famous for his uncompromisingly rousing arthouse flick Ai No Corrida, Nagisa Oshima took a allegation of clashing cultures and repressed desires inasmuch as his first English terminology venture, pitting a deeply aesthetically pleasing David Bowie against Japanese rock star Ryuichi Sakamoto. Based on the 1962 novel 'The Grounds And The Sower' about Laurens Van Der Post and adapted by The Man Who Fell To Mould screenwriter Paul Mayersberg, the cloud documents the arrival of British chief Celliers (Bowie) in the POW camp of Japanese officer Yonoi (Sakamoto), and the ensuing clash of cultures and ideals. The twin have thoroughly opposing honour systems. The samurai way is to commit suicide rather than be caught b...
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