MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE

David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano

Universal Pictures; Directed by Nagisa Oshima

Rated R; 124 minutes; 1983

British Major Jack Celliers (David Bowie) and Colonel John Lawrence (Tom Conti) struggle to survive under the command of Captain Yonoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto) in a Japanese POW camp. This World War II drama is based on author Laurens Van der Post’s The Seed and the Sower.