Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Summary: 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.
Release Date: September 02, 1983
Director:
Nagisa Ôshima
Runtime: 2 h 03 min
MPAA: R
Language: Japanese
Domestic: $ 2,306,560
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1940sabuse of poweraltarambushanglican priestarmy uniformattempted murderaudio flashbackaustraliabandung valley javabarbed wirebare chested malebare feetbarracksbased on novelbased on true storybatavia dutch east indiesbayonetbeatingbeheadingblindfoldbloodbloody noseboarding schoolbolt upright after nightmarebound anklesbowingboyboy sopranobritishbritish armybritish empirebritish militarybritish officerbritish soldierbriton abroadbriton in asiabroken windowbrother brother relationshipbruisebrutalitybuddhistbuddhist priestbuggerybullybullyingburied in groundburied in sandburied to the neckburied up to one's neckburied up to the neckcalling someone a bastardcalling someone a son of a bitchcalling someone an idiotcaptainceremonycharacter name in titlechristmaschurchcigarette lightercigarette smokingcolonelcommandantcommandercorporalcourtroomcrime and punishmentcrueltycrutchcryingcrying boycutting hairdeathdisrespectdoctordogdreamdrunken mandutcheatingeating a floweremaciationenigmaescapeexecutionface slapfaintingfalse accusationfalse accusation of lyingfamily relationshipsfamous scorefather son relationshipfightfiring squadfirst lieutenantflash forwardflashbackflashlightflowerflower gardenfoodfour word titlefriendfriendshipfriendship between mengardengaygay slurgeneva conventionguerilla warfareguilthandcuffshands tied behind backhara kirihazinghit on the backhit on the back of the headhit on the headholiday in titlehomoeroticismhomosexualhomosexualityhonorhung by wristshusband wife relationshiphymnimperial japanindonesiainfirmaryinitiationjapanjapanesejapanese armyjapanese culturejapanese flagjapanese militaryjapanese occupationjapanese officerjapanese prison campjapanese soldierjavajudgekatanakatana swordkeykickingkiss on the cheekkneelingkoreanlawyerliarlielieutenantlifting a boy into the airlimping manliteraturelittle boylock of hairlord's prayermachine gunmajormale rapemale soldierman carries a man in his armsmanju cakemasochistmilitary trialmilitary uniformmurdernarrated by characternicknamenightmarenonlinear timelineobsessionopening a dooroverturning an altarpainpantomiming shavingpantomiming smoking a cigarettepantomining drinking teapensionpowpow campprayerpriestprison guardprisonerprisoner abuseprisoner of warprisoner of war campprivateprivate first classprologuepushed to the groundradioreference to gilbert and sullivanreference to godreference to haraku the spice islandreference to indiareference to jesus christreference to libyareference to manchuriareference to marlene dietrichreference to north africareference to tokyo japanreference to winchester college englandrefusing to singreligionrifleritual suiciderock of agesrock of ages the hymnsadismsadistsakesalutesamuraisamurai swordsanta clausscarscars on backscene during opening creditsschoolschool uniformscience laboratoryseppukusergeantshamesingersingingsinging out of tunesodomysoldierstabbingstarvingsticking a sword into the groundstockadestretchersuicidesuicide by stabbingsuperstitionsurrendersweatswordtelling someone to shut uptied uptimeframe 1940stitle spoken by charactertorturetraintrain stationtranslatortrialundressing someoneuniformuprisingviolencevisitvoice over narrationwar crimeworld war twowounded soldieryear 1936year 1942year 1946younger version of character
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