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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Dir.: Nagisa Ôshima | 123 minutes

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

UK, Japan, New Zealand 1983 | 123 minutes | Japanese, English | Hebrew subtitles

A Japanese POW camp, WWII. The arrival of a new British prisoner causes a stir between the prisoners and the commanding officer. The conflict, as well as the tension between the two men, gradually escalates. Ôshima's majestic film offers a sophisticated and expressionistic cinema, ranging between realism and fantasy, with tremendous performances by the whole cast.