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Synopsis
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence , also known as Furyo , is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, co-written by Paul Mayersberg, and produced by Jeremy Thomas. The film is based on the experiences of Sir Laurens van der Post as a prisoner of war in Java during World War II, as described in his books The Seed and the Sower (1963) and The Night of the New Moon (1970). It stars David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano and Jack Thompson. Sakamoto also composed and played the score, including the vocal version of the main theme, "Forbidden Colours", with lyrics written and sung by David Sylvian.
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Credits
- Producer
- Jeremy Thomas
- Director
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Screenplay
- Nagisa Ōshima, Laurens van der Post, Paul Mayersberg
- Director of Photography
- Tōichirō Narushima
- Original Music Composer
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Editor
- Tomoyo Ōshima
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