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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Japanese: 戦場のメリークリスマス, Hepburn: Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu, lit. ' Battlefield's Merry Christmas '), also known as Furyo (Japanese for "prisoner of war"), [3] is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, co-written by Paul Mayersberg, and produced by Jeremy Thomas.
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released on 1 May 1983 in Japan and towards the end of August 1983 in the UK. It was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto , who also starred in the film.
The song is the vocal version of the theme from the Nagisa Oshima film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. It appears on the film's soundtrack album and was released as a single on Virgin Records in 1983 (the second collaborative single release by Sylvian and Sakamoto, following 1982's "Bamboo Houses"). [2] [3]
Japanese-American R&B artist Hikaru Utada heavily sampled the theme for her 2009 song "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – FYI", from the album This Is the One. In 2008, a cover version of " Forbidden Colours " was included on Hollywood Mon Amour , [ 18 ] a collection of songs from soundtracks of movies made in the 1980s, rearranged by Marc Collin ...
The compositions revolve around a collaborative new arrangement of Sakamoto's classic "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", the theme music to the 1983 movie Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence starring David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano, and Ryuichi Sakamoto himself. [5]
The novel was filmed in 1983 as Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, directed by Nagisa Ōshima. [2] Plot
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence; North America puts a period (full stop) after Mr. but the UK does not, and this is a British film. So options 3 and 4 seem likeliest. Did they do a special opening credits sequence just so we North Americans could have our precious punctuation? I doubt it. Is there a comma or not? Varlaam 03:01, 19 June 2012 (UTC ...
In 1983 Ōshima had a critical success with Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, a film partly in English and set in a wartime Japanese prison camp, and featuring rock star David Bowie and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, alongside Takeshi Kitano. The movie is sometimes viewed as a minor classic but never found a mainstream audience. [19]