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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
CAST & DIRECTORBOX OFFICE DATAGLOBAL RELEASESTOP GROSSINGNEWS
1983
 123 minutes (2 hrs 03 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Nagisa Oshima

Starring

David Bowie · Tom Conti · Ryuichi Sakamoto · Takeshi Kitano · Jack Thompson · Johnny Ohkura

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 2nd September 1983
France release date France release: 11th May 1983
Japan release date Japan release: 28th May 1983

Box Office Quickview

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 26th Aug '83
  • Debut position: 15
  • Highest position: 15
  • Debut gross: $99.2 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1

Chart position history

UK box office

US box office

26 Aug, 1983
15

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £0
US total gross
United States Flag  $99.2 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Directed By

Director
Role
Nagisa Oshima
Directed By

Starring

Actor
Character
David Bowie
Celliers
Tom Conti
Lawrence
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Yonoi
Takeshi Kitano
Hara
Jack Thompson
Hicksley
Johnny Ohkura
Kanemoto
Alistair Browning
De Jong
James Malcolm
Celliers' Brother
Chris Broun
Celliers 12 Years
Yuya Uchida
Commandant of Military Prison
Ryunosuke Kaneda
President of the Court
Takashi Naito
Lieutenant Iwata
Tamio Ishikura
Prosecutor
Rokko Toura
Interpreter
Kan Mikami
Lieutenant Ito
Yuji Honma
PFC Yajima
Daisuke Iijima
Corporal Ueki
Hideo Murota
New Commandant of Camp
Barry Dorking
Chief Doctor
Geoff Clendon
Australian Doctor
Grant Bridger
P.O.W.
Richard Adams
P.O.W.
Geoff Allen
P.O.W.
Michael Baxter-Lax
P.O.W.
Mark Berg
P.O.W.
Marcus Campbell
P.O.W.
Colin Francis
P.O.W.
Richard Hensby
P.O.W.
Richard Hoare
P.O.W.
Martin Ibbertson
P.O.W.
Rob Jayne
P.O.W.
Richard Mills
P.O.W.
Mark Penrose
P.O.W.
Arthur Ranford
P.O.W.
Steve Smith
P.O.W.
Stephen Taylor
P.O.W.
Richard Zimmerman
P.O.W.
Ian Miller
English Guard
Don Stevens
Pastor
Yoichi Iijima
Japanese Soldier
Satoshi Ito
Japanese Soldier
Masaki Kusakabe
Japanese Soldier
Kunihide Kuruma
Japanese Soldier
Hiroshi Mikami
Japanese Soldier
Akihiro Masuda
Japanese Soldier
Tokuhisa Masuda
Japanese Soldier
Takeshi Nagasawa
Japanese Soldier
Takashi Odashima
Japanese Soldier
Masanori Okada
Japanese Soldier
Shoetsu Sato
Japanese Soldier
Rintaro Shibata
Japanese Soldier
Masamichi Shibasaki
Japanese Soldier
Kaname Shimura
Japanese Soldier
Kenzo Shirahama
Japanese Soldier
Hisao Takeda
Japanese Soldier
Hidenobu Togo
Japanese Soldier
Atsuo Yamashita
Japanese Soldier
Heiwa Yoshihara
Japanese Soldier
Takeshi Yu
Japanese Soldier
Peter Barakan
Prisoner
Beat Kiyoshi
Rex Wilmshurst
P.O.W.