| Title - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Director - Nagisa Oshima Year of Release - 1983 Duration - 123 minutes IMDb - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085933/ Synopsis In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honour and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of commiting suicide. One of the prisoners, interpreter John Lawrence, tries to explain the Japanese way of thinking, but is considered a traitor. Trailer We resume MOTF with Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, a film produced by both Japan and the United Kingdom, which beat Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters in the poll to decide this fortnights film. It was directed by famed Japanese auteur Nagisa Oshima and stars many big names, including David Bowie, Tom Conti, Takeshi Kitano and Ryuichi Sakamoto, who also provided the films score. This is our penultimate film of the year. Enjoy! |
| I watched this movie today for the first time and i was really impressed with the way they portrayed the cultural clash between the 2 nations..it's definitely more than just a world war II film...it had a couple of shocking scenes and at end i almost cried I'm glad it won the poll even though i initially voted for Mishima :) i don't think i would have found out bout this movie if it wasn't for this club so thank you! now i can't wait to get my hands on that book and devour it! and oh yeah...can't get that 'Forbidden Colors' song out of my head...beautiful |
upyours88Dec 1, 2010 7:28 AM
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