Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Set in a Japanese POW Camp on Java. All cruelty and bitter misery of camp life exists but there is a curious bond created between the Japanese and their Western prisoners. Based on the novel The seed and the sower by Sir Laurens Van der Post.
Primary Title
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 24 April 2011
Release Year
- 1983
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 30
Duration
- 120:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- Set in a Japanese POW Camp on Java. All cruelty and bitter misery of camp life exists but there is a curious bond created between the Japanese and their Western prisoners. Based on the novel The seed and the sower by Sir Laurens Van der Post.
Classification
- AO
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
- Japanese
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- War films
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese--Drama.
- Feature films--Great Britain.
Contributors
- Nagisa Ôshima (Director)
- Nagisa Ôshima (Writer)
- Paul Mayersberg (Writer)
- Jeremy Thomas (Producer)
- David Bowie (Actor)
- Ryûichi Sakamoto (Actor)
- Tom Conti (Actor)
- Takeshi Kitano (Actor)
- Jack Thompson (Actor)
- Ryûichi Sakamoto (Composer)
- Tôichirô Narushima (Cinematographer)
- National Film Trustees (Production Unit)
- Recorded Picture Company (Production Unit)
- Oshima Productions (Production Unit)
- Jeremy Thomas Productions (Production Unit)
- Tomoyo Oshima (Editor)
- Shigemasa Toda (Production Designer)
Subjects
- War films
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese--Drama.
- Feature films--Great Britain.