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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Blu-ray Disc

2010

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Format:	Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials, Book
Uniform Title:	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Motion picture)
Title:	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence / screenplay by Nagisa Ōshima and Paul Mayersberg ; produced by Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Nagisa Ōshima.
Edition:	Special ed., widescreen.
Publisher, Date:	[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2010.
Description:	1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	Based on a true story of author Laurens van der Post's experiences as a WWII prisoner of war.
Target Audience Note:	Rated R: Contains violence and intense emotional scenes.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 535 Criterion collection ; 535.
Subjects:	Van der Post, Laurens. Seed and the sower -- Film adaptations. World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama. World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Japan -- Drama. Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Drama.
Genre:	Feature films. Fiction films. Prison films. War films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:	Thomas, Jeremy. Ōshima, Nagisa, 1932-2013. Mayersberg, Paul. Bowie, David. Conti, Tom. Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-2023 Narushima, Tōichirō. Ōshima, Tomoyo. Stephens, Chuck. Satō, Tadao, 1930-2022. Van der Post, Laurens. Seed and the sower. Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Title:	Japanese title: Senjō no merī Kurisumasu Alternate title: Furyo Hasten slowly. Oshima gang. Lawrence of Shinjuku. Oshima: sex, militarism, and empire.
Notes:	Based on the autobiographical novel "The seed and the sower" by Laurens Van Der Post. Bonus features: "The Oshima gang", the 1983 making-of featurette ; new video interviews ; "Hasten slowly" an hour-long 1996 documentary about author Laurens Van Der Post ; original theatrical trailer ; 28 pg. booklet with an essay "Lawrence of Shinjuku" by Chuck Stephens " and an interview article "Oshima: sex, militarism, and empire" by film scholar Tadao Sato (translated by David Owens and published in the September 1983 issue of AFI's American Film). Cinematography, Tōichirō Narushima ; editing, Tomoyo Ōshima ; music, Ryūichi Sakamoto. Tom Conti, David Bowie, Ryūichi Sakamoto. Originally released as a motion picture in 1983. Blu-ray ; Region A ; DTS-HD master audio. In English or Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Web Site:	View cover art
ISBN:	9781604653168 1604653167 9781604653168
Publisher Number:	CC1929BD
Other Number:	662735442
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	982224
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Call Number:	BLU MOVIE Merry Ch

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