"Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" is a movie directed by Nagisa Oshima and starring David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tom Conti, Takeshi Kitano, etc.

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" is a war drama film distributed by Universal Pictures. It was released in Japan on May 28, 1983. The film is based on the British writer Laurence van der Post Adapted from the novel "The Seed and the Sower".

It tells the story of a conflict between hostile Japanese officers and British prisoners of war in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp on Java Island in Indonesia in 1942, and a spiritual collision at the same time.

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" is a story about cultural conflict. This film, which focuses on same-sex love, has a good reputation among the audience. People's interpretations of the film are also different, but it is undeniable that this is also a story about encounters - human beings, souls and flesh. (China Business News Review)

The plot of "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence":

In 1942, the Second World War was in full swing, and Japan was invincible in various battlefields in Asia. . In the tropical jungle of Java Island in Southeast Asia, there is a Japanese prisoner of war detention center. The detention center is jointly managed by Army Captain Senoi (played by Ryuichi Sakamoto) and former sergeant (played by Takeshi Kitano).

The original style was rude and ruthless. He never showed mercy to European and American prisoners of war, and he was also very strict with his soldiers. Although the British prisoner Lawrence (played by Tom Conti) was not the prisoner captain, he often dealt with the Japanese army because he was proficient in Japanese, especially with the former sergeant.