Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

"Java, 1942— A clash of cultures, a test of the human spirit."

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.

Genre: Drama, History, War

Actor: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson, Johnny Okura, Alistair Browning, Yji Honma, Yuya Uchida

Director: Nagisa Ãshima

Country: Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Type: movie

Duration: 2h 4m

Release: 1983

Rating: 7.3

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