Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

1983

Japanese

7.2

♡ 17

Action

based on novel or book

christmas movie alternative

Nagisa Ôshima Director

Daisuke Iijima as Corporal Ueki

Takeshi Kitano as Hara

Masanori Okada as Japanese Soldier

Hiroshi Mikami as Japanese Soldier

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.