Fine acting brings no cheer to grim 'Merry Christmas'

Document author(s):

David H. Rosenthal

Document source:

San Jose Mercury News

Publication date:

1983 Aug 26

Document language:

English

Document type:

review

Number of pages:

1

Source pagination:

3D

Document contains:

production co

Related films:

• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence — Oshima, Nagisa — Japan; New Zealand; Great Britain — 1983

Film country(ies):

Great Britain, Japan, and New Zealand

Film language(s):

English and Japanese

Film production company:

Asahi National Broadcasting Company, Cineventure Productions London, National Film Trustees, and Oshima Productions

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Drama, Feature, and War

Film subject(s):

• British -- Indonesia -- Java -- Drama
• British -- Japan -- Drama
• Culture conflict -- Japan -- Drama
• Japan -- Relations -- Great Britain -- Drama
• Prisoners of war -- Indonesia -- Java -- Drama
• Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Drama
• Van der Post, Laurens. Seed and the sower -- Film and video adaptations
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Indonesia -- Java -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama

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