merry christmas mr lawrence (1983) the forbidden kiss

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Japanese: Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu (戦場のメリークリスマス Battlefield Merry Christmas )), also known as Furyo (俘虜 Prisoner Of War ) in many European editions) is a 1983 film directed by Nagisa Oshima, produced by Jeremy Thomas and starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Takeshi Kitano. It was written by Oshima and Paul Mayersberg and based on Laurens van der Post s experiences during World War II as a prisoner of war as depicted in his works The Seed and the Sower (1