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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1983

Japan

Brilliant tale of battle of wills between a British prisoner and his captors, possibly the best war film since Bridge on the River Kwai. Slightly artsy take on the material may put some off. Beautiful score by Ryuichi Sakamoto.


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	David Bowie Major Jack Celliers
	Tom Conti Colonel John Lawrence
	Ryuichi Sakamoto Captain Yonoi
	Jack Thompson Group Captain Hicksley
	Yuya Uchida Commandant of Military Prison
	Takeshi Kitano Hara
	Johnny Ohkura Kanemoto
	Alistair Browning De Jong
	James Malcolm Celliers' Brother
	Chris Broun Celliers 12 Years
	Ryûnosuke Kaneda President of the Court
	Takashi Naitô Lieutenant Iwata
	Tamio Ishikura Prosecutor
	Rokkô Toura Interpreter
	Kan Mikami Lieutenant Ito
	Yûji Honma PfC Yajima
	Daisuke Iijima Corporal Ueki
	Hideo Murota New Commandant of Camp
	Barry Dorking Chief Doctor
	Geoff Clendon Australian Doctor
	Grant Bridger P.O.W. Officer
	Geoff Allen P.O.W
	Michael Baxter-Lax P.O.W.
	Mark Berg P.O.W
	Marcus Campbell P.O.W
	Colin Francis P.O.W
	Richard Hensby P.O.W
	Richard Hoare P.O.W
	Martin Ibbertson P.O.W
	Rob Jayne P.O.W
	Richard Mills P.O.W
	Mark Penrose P.O.W
	Arthur Ranford P.O.W
	Steve Smith P.O.W
	Stephen Taylor P.O.W
	Richard Zimmerman P.O.W
	Ian Miller English Guard
	Don Stevens Pastor
	Yôichi Iijima Japanese Soldier
	Satoshi Ito Japanese Soldier
	Masaki Kusakabe Japanese Soldier
	Kunihide Kuruma Japanese Soldier
	Hiroshi Mikami Japanese Soldier
	Akihiro Masuda Japanese Soldier
	Tokuhisa Masuda Japanese Soldier
	Takeshi Nagasawa Japanese Soldier
	Takashi Odashima Japanese Soldier
	Masanori Okada Japanese Soldier
	Shoetsu Sato Japanese Soldier
	Rintaro Shibata Japanese Soldier
	Masamichi Shibasaki Japanese Soldier
	Kaname Shimura Japanese Soldier
	Kenzo Shirahama Japanese Soldier
	Hisao Takeda Japanese Soldier
	Hidenobu Togo Japanese Soldier
	Atsuo Yamashita Japanese Soldier
	Heiwa Yoshihara Japanese Soldier
	Takeshi Yu Japanese Soldier
	Peter Barakan Prisoner
	Beat Kiyoshi
	Rex Wilmshurst P.O.W.
	Richard Adams P.O.W.

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