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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence / Recorded Picture Company ; Asahi National Broadcasting Company ; screenplay by Nagisa Oshima and Paul Mayersberg ; produced by Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Nagisa Oshima.
LIBRA DVD 015 739 disc 1-2 + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Van der Post, Laurens. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, author.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 535.
- The Criterion collection ; 535
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Van der Post, Laurens--Film adaptations.
- Van der Post, Laurens.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Japan--Drama.
- Prisoners of war--England--Drama.
- Prisoners of war.
- England.
- Genre:
- War films.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (28 p. ; 18 cm).
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English or Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby Digital Surround, stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Based on a true story of author Laurens van der Post's experiences as a WWII prisoner of war.
- Participant:
- Tom Conti, David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Toichiro Narushima ; music, Ryūichi Sakamoto.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 1.78:1.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.
- Bons features: original theatrical trailer; "The Oshima gang"; new video interviews; "Hasten slowly".
- ISBN:
- 9781604653151
- 1604653159
- OCLC:
- 662735441
- Publisher Number:
- 715515061919
- CC1928D The Criterion Collection
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