Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

1983-05-28 · 124 min · Rating 7.28/10 (514 votes)

Java, 1942 — A clash of cultures, a test of the human spirit.

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.

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1940s based on novel or book complicated court martial depressing distressing frustrated java, indonesia meditative pacific war prisão prison camp prisoner of war war crimes world war ii

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