Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honour and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of commiting suicide. One of the prisoners, interpreter John Lawrence, tries to explain the japanese way of thinking, but is considered a traitor.
Books with substantial mentioning of Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
| Ian Dixon and Brendan Black (eds.) I'm not a film star, David Bowie as actor New York, 2022 |
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| Frank N. Magill (ed.) Magill's Cinema Annual 1984, A Survey of 1983 Films Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1984 |
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Reviews
| Joseph Hurley, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, in: Films in Review, vol. 34, 1983 pp. 569-570 |
| Adam Smith, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, in: Empire, nr. 188, 2005 pp. 150 (DVD review) |
| Anke Sterneborg, Für Toleranz, in: epd Film, nr. 8, 2010 pp. 57 (DVD review) |