Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

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In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of committing suicide. One of the prisoners, interpreter John Lawrence, tries to explain the Japanese way of thinking, but is considered a traitor.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence:

David Bowie
Tom Conti
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Takeshi Kitano
Jack Thompson
Johnny Ohkura

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In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of committing suicide. One of the prisoners, interpreter John Lawrence, tries to explain the Japanese way of thinking, but is considered a traitor.

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New York Times - 10/10 by Janet MaslinMerry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is closer to a curiosity than to a triumph, though its conception is certainly ambitious.
Slant Magazine - 8/10 by Bill WeberA prisoner-of-war drama as fever dream, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence fascinates mostly for the hit-and-miss alchemy of its discordant elements: in performance, pop-star charisma versus British actorliness; in narrative style, genre expectations coming up against modernist psychosexual undercurrents.
Radio Times - 8/10 by David ParkinsonIf you can excuse the sight of the then 35-year-old David Bowie in a school uniform, this will prove most rewarding.
Q Network Film Desk - 8/10 by James KendrickThe film?s attention is split fairly evenly across the major characters, and their interactions are consistently fascinating in the way they illustrate both the cultural divide and the halting attempts to somehow bridge it.
Village Voice - 7/10 by Aaron HillisFrom Oshima’s later career (after one stroke, he made 1999’s Taboo; after two strokes, it’s unclear whether he’ll direct again), most notable is this bilingual, end-of-WWII tearjerker about forgiveness and understanding between cultures, which could have been dubbed The Man Who Fell to Java.
Chicago Reader - 7/10 by Dave KehrThe elliptical narrative centers on the unspoken erotic attraction between Sakamoto and Bowie, and Oshima appears to be treating ideas of elegantly transmogrified, purified emotions, yet the context and frequent incontinence of the execution bring the film uncomfortably close to the pseudophilosophical bondage fantasies of Yukio Mishima.
Combustible Celluloid - 6/10 by Jeffrey M. AndersonIt's relentlessly grim, constantly off-balance, occasionally moving, and often striking.
Chicago Sun-Times - 6/10 by Roger EbertIt's awkward, not because of the subject matter, but because of the contrasting acting styles. Here are two men trying to communicate in a touchy area and they behave as if they're from different planets.
Spirituality and Practice - 6/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatA compelling cross-cultural study of friendship and bravery
Empire - 6/10 by Adam SmithAs an exploration of cultural discord, Nagisa Oshima's film is pretty thin stuff, despite its reputation. Bowie is a potent irritant, but Tom Conti is solid in support and Sakamoto's mesmerising score sparkles anew.

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