Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence / screenplay by Nagisa Ōshima and Paul Mayersberg ; produced by Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Nagisa Ōshima.

Based on a true story of author Laurens van der Post's experiences as a WWII prisoner of war.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Motion picture)
Main Author:	Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952- (Composer, Actor, Interviewee)
Corporate Author:	Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Thomas, Jeremy = 大島渚, 坂本竜一(Producer, Interviewee) Ōshima, Nagisa, 1932-2013 = 佐藤忠男(Director, Screenwriter) Mayersberg, Paul (Screenwriter, Interviewee) Bowie, David (Actor) Conti, Tom (Actor, Interviewee) Narushima, Tōichirō (Cinematographer) Oshima, Tomoyo (Film editor) Stephens, Chuck (Writer of accompanying material) Satō, Tadao, 1930-2022 (Writer of accompanying material) Van der Post, Laurens
Language:	English Japanese
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English or Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2010], ©2010.
Edition:	Special edition, widescreen.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 535. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese > Drama. World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Japan > Drama. Prisoners of war > Japan > Drama. Van der Post, Laurens. > Seed and the sower > Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Prison films. War films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Prison films. War films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Variant Title:	Senjō no merī Kurisumasu. Furyo.
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc

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