During wwii, a british colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a british pow and the japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.

Merry christmas mr lawrence. In this captivating, skewed world war ii drama from nagisa oshima, david bowie regally embodies celliers, a british officer interned by the japanese as a pow. Lawrence is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released on 1 may 1983 in japan and towards the end of august 1983 in the uk. Senjō no merī kurisumasu, lit.

Rock star ryuichi sakamoto (who also composed this film’s hypnotic score) plays the camp commander, obsessed with the mysterious blond major, while. With david bowie, tom conti, ryuichi sakamoto, takeshi kitano.