Film record

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1983Feature film123 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
Japan · United Kingdom · New Zealand
Languages
English · Japanese
Genres
drama film · prison film · LGBTQ-related film · Christmas film

Credits

Cinematography

Tōichirō Narushima — Cinematography

Direction

Nagisa Ōshima — Directing

Editing

Tomoyo Ōshima — Editing

Music

Ryuichi Sakamoto — Music composition

Cast

David Bowie — Acting
Tom Conti — Acting
Ryuichi Sakamoto — Acting
Takeshi Kitano — Acting
Jack Thompson — Acting
Yuya Uchida — Acting
Kan Mikami — Acting
Johnny Ōkura — Acting
Alistair Browning — Acting
James Malcolm — Acting
Chris Broun — Acting
Ryūnosuke Kaneda — Acting
Takashi Naitō — Acting
Tamio Ishikura — Acting
Rokkō Toura — Acting
Yūji Honma — Acting
Daisuke Iijima — Acting
Hideo Murota — Acting
Barry Dorking — Acting
Geoff Clendon — Acting
Grant Bridger — Acting
Richard Adams — Acting
Geoff Allen — Acting
Michael Baxter-Lax — Acting
Mark Berg — Acting
Marcus Campbell — Acting
Colin Francis — Acting
Richard Hensby — Acting
Richard Hoare — Acting
Martin Ibbertson — Acting
Rob Jayne — Acting
Richard Mills — Acting
Mark Penrose — Acting
Arthur Ranford — Acting
Steve Smith — Acting
Stephen Taylor — Acting
Richard Zimmerman — Acting
Ian Miller — Acting
Don Stevens — Acting
Yôichi Iijima — Acting
Masaki Kusakabe — Acting
Kunihide Kuruma — Acting
Mikami Hiroshi — Acting
Akihiro Masuda — Acting
Tokuhisa Masuda — Acting
Takeshi Nagasawa — Acting
Takashi Odashima — Acting
Masanori Okada — Acting
Shoetsu Sato — Acting
Rintaro Shibata — Acting
Kaname Shimura — Acting
Kenzo Shirahama — Acting
Hisao Takeda — Acting
Hidenobu Togo — Acting
Atsuo Yamashita — Acting
Heiwa Yoshihara — Acting
Takeshi Yu — Acting

Production

Jeremy Thomas — Production
Terry Glinwood — Executive production
Masato Hara — Executive production
Joyce Herlihy — Executive production
Geoffrey Nethercott — Executive production
Eiko Oshima — Executive production
Larry Parr — Executive production

Writing

Nagisa Ōshima — Screenwriting
Paul Mayersberg — Screenwriting
Laurens van der Post — Screenwriting
Documented participation

Film companies and organizations

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

Versions and cuts

No versions have been documented yet.

Releases by territory

United Kingdom · Original release
10 May 1983Checked 29 Sep 2026
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