Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (1983) Blu-Ray

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Extras:
  • The Oshima Gang Featurette (The Making Of Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence)
  • An Interview With producer Jeremy Thomas
  • An Interview With actor/composer Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • An excerpt from "Scenes by the Sea: The Life and Cinema of Beat Takeshi Kitano"
  • Theatrical Trailer

Disc type: Blu-ray
No. of discs: 1
Running time: 123
Audio format: 5.1 & 2.0 DTS HD-MA
Region: B
Format: 1080P
Colour: Colour
Languages: English; Japanese
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Image ratio: 1.85:1
Subtitles: English
Year of Production: 1983
Release Date: 09 February 2022

Description

David Bowie stars in Nagisa Oshima’s 1983 Palme d’Or-nominated portrait of resilience, pride, friendship and obsession among four very different men confined in the stifling jungle heat of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java during World War II.

This powerful prisoner-of-war drama features a stunning cast - including David Bowie in one of his greatest roles - and is the first English-language film by acclaimed Japanese director Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses).

Set in Java at a Japanese POW camp in 1942, a war of wills - and unspoken erotic attraction - unfolds between a rebellious prisoner, David Bowie, and camp commandant Ryuichi Sakomoto, who is impressed by Bowie's defiance while bilingual prisoner Tom Conti (Mr. Lawrence) engages in a more adversarial relationship with sadistic sergeant Takeshi Kitano (Hana Bi), who finally offers Lawrence a sinister 'Christmas' present.

Fine performances by Conti, Kitano (his first dramatic role), Sakamoto (his acting debut, he also contributed the memorable score) and Bowie, combined with stunning cinematography and brilliant direction by one of Japan's finest filmmakers, make this a memorable and compelling war drama.

Director: Nagisa Ôshima
Cast: David Bowie,Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto

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