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December 23, 2025… #movieoftheday is Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (full movie) (1983).
“Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence ( Japanese : 戦場のメリークリスマス, Hepburn : Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu ; lit. 'Battlefield's Merry Christmas'), also known as Furyo (俘虜, Prisoner of War ), is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima , co-written by Paul Mayersberg , and produced by Jeremy Thomas . The film is based on the experiences of Sir Laurens van der Post (portrayed by Tom Conti as Lt. Col. John Lawrence) as a prisoner of war in Java (Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies ) during World War II , as depicted in his books The Seed and the Sower (1963) and The Night of the New Moon (1970). It stars David Bowie , Ryuichi Sakamoto , Takeshi Kitano and Jack Thompson ; Sakamoto also composed and played the musical score including the vocal version of the main theme " Forbidden Colours ," with lyrics written and sung by David Sylvian .
“The film was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d'Or . Sakamoto's score won the film a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music .” - more at Wikipedia
FULL MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOqm6tu1QTw
#MerryChristmasMrLawrence #tangled #Wikipedia #2025
“Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence ( Japanese : 戦場のメリークリスマス, Hepburn : Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu ; lit. 'Battlefield's Merry Christmas'), also known as Furyo (俘虜, Prisoner of War ), is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima , co-written by Paul Mayersberg , and produced by Jeremy Thomas . The film is based on the experiences of Sir Laurens van der Post (portrayed by Tom Conti as Lt. Col. John Lawrence) as a prisoner of war in Java (Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies ) during World War II , as depicted in his books The Seed and the Sower (1963) and The Night of the New Moon (1970). It stars David Bowie , Ryuichi Sakamoto , Takeshi Kitano and Jack Thompson ; Sakamoto also composed and played the musical score including the vocal version of the main theme " Forbidden Colours ," with lyrics written and sung by David Sylvian .
“The film was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d'Or . Sakamoto's score won the film a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music .” - more at Wikipedia
FULL MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOqm6tu1QTw
#MerryChristmasMrLawrence #tangled #Wikipedia #2025
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