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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

1983·2h 3m·R
DramaWar
IMDb Rating
★ 7.2/10
22,460 votes
Metascore
53
Metacritic

During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a 1983 drama war movie directed by Nagisa Ôshima, starring Takeshi Kitano, Tom Conti, David Bowie. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.2/10 from 22,460 votes and runs 2h 3m.

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Director
Nagisa Ôshima
Stars
Takeshi Kitano
Tom Conti
David Bowie
Ryûichi Sakamoto
Details
1983-09-02
123 min
Movie
R
★ United Kingdom, Japan, New Zealand
★ English, Japanese
Keywords
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