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MERRY CHRISTMAS. MR. LAWRENCE

Dates with showtimes for MERRY CHRISTMAS. MR. LAWRENCE
  • Fri, Dec 20
  1. 7:00 pm Sold Out
  2. 9:50 pm

Director: Nagisa Ōshima Run Time: 124 min. Release Year: 1983 Language: Japanese

Starring: David Bowie, Jack Thompson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Tom Conti

In this captivating, skewed World War II drama from Nagisa Oshima, David Bowie regally embodies Celliers, a British officer interned by the Japanese as a POW. Rock star Ryuichi Sakamoto (who also composed this film’s hypnotic score) plays the camp commander, obsessed with the mysterious blond major, while Tom Conti is the British lieutenant colonel Lawrence, who tries to bridge the emotional and language divides between captor and prisoner. Also featuring actor-director Takeshi Kitano in his first dramatic role, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a multilayered, brutal, at times erotic tale of culture clash, and one of Oshima’s greatest successes.

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