Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 film by Nagisa Ōshima
Genre drama, prison, LGBTQ-related, Christmas
Country Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Runtime 116 min
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Book: Not known to be public domain
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Cast & crew
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Written by Nagisa Ōshima, Laurens van der Post, Paul Mayersberg
Produced by Jeremy Thomas
Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Cinematography Tōichirō Narushima
Edited by Tomoyo Ōshima
Cast (58)
David Bowie · Takeshi Kitano · Ryuichi Sakamoto · Tom Conti · Jack Thompson · Yuya Uchida · Mikami Hiroshi · Kan Mikami · Hideo Murota · Alistair Browning · Rokkō Toura · Takashi Naitō · Ryūnosuke Kaneda · Johnny Ōkura · Masaki Kusakabe · Yūji Honma · Daisuke Iijima · James Malcolm · Chris Broun · Tamio Ishikura · Barry Dorking · Geoff Clendon · Grant Bridger · Richard Adams · Geoff Allen · Michael Baxter-Lax · Mark Berg · Marcus Campbell · Colin Francis · Richard Hensby · Richard Hoare · Martin Ibbertson · Rob Jayne · Richard Mills · Mark Penrose · Arthur Ranford · Steve Smith · Stephen Taylor · Richard Zimmerman · Ian Miller · Don Stevens · Yôichi Iijima · Kunihide Kuruma · Akihiro Masuda · Tokuhisa Masuda · Takeshi Nagasawa · Takashi Odashima · Masanori Okada · Shoetsu Sato · Rintaro Shibata · Masamichi Shibasaki · Kaname Shimura · Kenzo Shirahama · Hisao Takeda · Hidenobu Togo · Atsuo Yamashita · Heiwa Yoshihara · Takeshi Yu
Credits from Wikidata (CC0).
Series, universe & remakes
Studio: Recorded Picture Company
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