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Java, 1942 — A clash of cultures, a test of the human spirit.
Java, 1942 — A clash of cultures, a test of the human spirit.
Drama, History, War - 1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
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Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
Director:
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Nagisa Ōshima
Cast:
,
Takeshi Kitano
,
David Bowie
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
,
Jack Thompson
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Tom Conti
,
Johnny Ohkura

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Runtime:
124 min
Release date:
28 May 1983
Country:
JP, NZ, GB
Languages:
English, Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$2,306,560
Awards:
Won 1 BAFTA Award10 wins & 8 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The Merry Christmas catalogue of atrocities finally becomes numbing, even ludicrous.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
10 Dec 2008
fresh:
From Oshima's later career... most notable is this bilingual, end-of-WWII tearjerker about forgiveness and understanding between cultures, which could have been dubbed The Man Who Fell to Java.
– Aaron Hillis,
Village Voice,
2 Oct 2008
rotten:
For all the praise heaped upon Oshima's admittedly ambitious film about East-West relations in the microcosm of a Japanese PoW camp during World War II, it's far less satisfactory than most of his earlier work.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
Here's a movie that is even stranger than it was intended to be.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Mr. Oshima has staged the film in a spacious tropical setting and filled it with a great number of extras. Even so, Mr. Bowie always stands out from the crowd.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
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