Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Major Jack "Straffer" Celliers

      David Bowie

    • Colonel John Lawrence

      Tom Conti

    • Captain Yonoi

      Ryuichi Sakamoto

    • Sergeant Gengo Hara

      Takeshi

    • Group Captain Hicksley

      Jack Thompson

    • Kanemoto

      Johnny Okura

    • De Jong

      Alistair Browning

    • Celliers' brother

      James Malcolm

    • Jack Celliers, aged 12

      Chris Broun

    • commandant of military prison

      Yuya Uchida

    • Colonel Fujimura, President of the Court

      Ryunosuke Kaneda

    • Lieutenant Iwata

      Takeshi Naito

    • prosecutor

      Tamio Ishikura

    • interpreter

      Rokko Toura

    • Lieutenant Ito

      Kan Mikami

    • PFC Yajima

      Yuji Honma

    • Corporal Ueki

      Daisuke Iijima

    • new commandant of the camp

      Hideo Murota

    • chief doctor

      Barry Dorking

    • Australian doctor

      Geoff Clendon

    • POW officer

      Grant Bridger

    • POW

      Richard Adams

    • POW

      Geoff Allen

    • POW

      Michael Baxter-Lax

    • POW

      Marc Berg

    • POW

      Marcus Campbell

    • POW

      Colin Francis

    • POW

      Richard Hensby

    • POW

      Richard Hoare

    • POW

      Martin Ibbertson

    • POW

      Rob Jayne

    • POW

      Richard Mills

    • POW

      Mark Penrose

    • POW

      Arthur Ranford

    • POW

      Steve Smith

    • POW

      Stephen Taylor

    • POW

      Richard Zimmerman

    • English guard

      Ian Miller

    • pastor

      Don Stevens

    • Japanese soldier

      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

      Takeshi 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

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Nagisa Oshima

    • Assistant Director (1st)

      Lee Tamahori

    • Assistant Director (2nd)

      Jonty Barraud

    • Assistant Director (3rd)

      Geoff Hill

    • Assistant to the Director

      Roger Pulvers

    • Continuity

      Raijin Nakahata

    Production:

    • ©

      National Film Trustee Company Ltd

    • Made in association with

      Antares-Nova N.V.

    • Made in association with

      Recorded Picture Company

    • Made in association with

      Oshima Productions

    • Made in association with

      Asahi National Broadcasting

    • Made in association with

      Broadbank Investments Limited

    • Executive Producer

      Masato Hara

    • Executive Producer

      Eiko Oshima

    • Executive Producer

      Geoffrey Nethercott

    • Executive Producer

      Terry Glinwood

    • Producer

      Jeremy Thomas

    • Producer's Assistant

      Sevilla Delofski

    • Associate Producer

      Joyce Herlihy

    • Associate Producer

      Larry Parr

    • Production Co-ordinator

      Margaret Hilliard

    • Production Accountant

      Tony Hedges

    • Assistant Accountant

      Lynne Newport

    • Assistant Accountant

      Mitsue Fujita

    • Location Manager

      Takashi Shirai

    • Production Assistant

      Kuniko Usui

    • Production Secretary

      Vivien Bridgewater

    Casting:

    • Casting (Japan)

      Takashi Ueno

    • Casting (New Zealand)

      Diana Rowan

    Writing:

    • Screenplay by

      Nagisa Oshima

    • Screenplay with

      Paul Mayersberg

    • Based on 'The Seed and the Sower' by

      Post, Sir Laurens van der

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Tôichirô Narushima

    • Camera Operator

      Hiroaki Sugimura

    • Focus Puller

      Andy Roelants

    • Clapper/Loader

      Rick Allender

    • Gaffer

      Warren Mearns

    • Best Boy

      Don Jowsey

    • Electrician

      Geoff Maine

    • Electrician

      Ian Beale

    • Electrician

      Ian Philp

    • Electrician

      Brendon Mune

    • Generator Operator

      Tex Foot

    • Key Grip

      Brian Harris

    • Grip

      Dennis Cullen

    • Grip

      Jeff O'Donnell

    Stills:

    • Stills Photography

      Takashi Ueno

    Special Effects:

    • Special Effects

      Akira Houma

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Tomoyo Oshima

    • Assistant Editor

      Kenichi Takashima

    • Negative Cutting

      Kimie Kawagishi

    Design:

    • Production Designer

      Jusho Toda

    • Art Director

      Andrew Sanders

    • Assistant Art Director

      Tetsuya Hataya

    • Assistant Art Director

      Kazumasa Normura

    • Set Dresser

      Masaru Arakawa

    • Properties

      Shoichi Yasuda

    • Properties Buyer

      Lyn Bergquist

    • Properties Assistant

      Pam Seebold

    • Stand-by Props

      Chris Paulger

    • Stand-by Props

      Chris Paulger

    • Stand-by Props Assistant

      Trevor Haysom

    • Props Assistant

      Bryan Mcdonald

    • Construction Manager

      Kyoichi Hashimoto

    • Construction Technician

      Ryoichi Kamon

    • Construction Technician

      Masaaki Kobayashi

    • Construction Technician

      Yutaka Wakase

    Costumes:

    • Wardrobe Supervisor

      Christine West

    • Wardrobe Master

      Kazuo Matsuda

    • Wardrobe Assistant

      Norman Forsey

    • Wardrobe Assistant

      Leslie Gilda

    Make-up:

    • Makeup Supervisor

      Anthony Clavet

    • Makeup Chief

      Robern Pickering

    • Makeup Assistant

      Bryony Hurden

    • Hair

      Glenis Daly

    Film processing:

    • Filmed with

      Panavision

    Music:

    • Music

      Ryuichi Sakamoto

    • Brother's Song Composed by

      Stephen McCurdy

    Sound:

    • Sound Recordist

      Mike Westgate

    • Boom Operator

      Eugene Arts

    • Sound Re-recording

      Tetsuya Ohashi

    • Sound Re-recording

      Aoi Studio

    • Dolby Stereo Consultant

      Mikio Mori

    • Dolby Stereo Consultant

      Continental Far East Inc

    • Sound Effects

      Akira Honma

    • Dubbing Mixer

      Akira Honma

    Consultant:

    • Transport Manager

      Robert Allen

    • Nurse

      Susan Nicholas

    • Dialogue Coach

      Roger Pulvers

    • Interpreter

      Didi Dickson

    • Armourer

      Ralph Gardiner