戦場のメリークリスマス Furyo
[b]Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence[/b] (Japanese: 戦場のメリークリスマス, Hepburn: [i]Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu[/i], lit. [b]Merry Christmas on the Battlefield[/b]), also known as [b]Furyo[/b] (Japanese for "[[prisoner]] of war"), is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Ōshima Nagisa, co-written by Paul Mayersberg, and produced by Jeremy Thomas. 

The film is based on the experiences of Sir Laurens van der Post (portrayed by "Tom Conti":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Conti) as a prisoner of war of [[Japan]] during [[World War II]], as depicted in his books "The Seed and the Sower" (1963) and "The Night of the New Moon" (1970). It stars late musician and actor [[David Bowie]] (as [[Maj. Jack Strafer Celliers]]), the late composer and actor "Sakamoto Ryuichi":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuichi_Sakamoto (as [[Capt. Yonoi]]), [[Kitano Takeshi]] and Jack Thompson; Sakamoto also wrote the score including the vocal version of the main theme "Forbidden Colours":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsG2M66-_xc, with lyrics written and sung by David Sylvian.

The film was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d'Or. Sakamoto's score won the film a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music that year.

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia article":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Christmas,_Mr._Lawrence
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