# Television and Radio

**Source**: https://collections.library.auckland.ac.nz/tv-radio/title/DT_380640
**Parent**: https://www.news.library.auckland.ac.nz/2022/12/19/not-so-festive-festive-films/

##### Primary Title

- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

##### Date Broadcast

- Sunday 24 April 2011

##### Release Year

- 1983

##### Start Time

- 20 : 30

##### Finish Time

- 22 : 30

##### Duration

- 120:00

##### Channel

- Maori Television

##### Broadcaster

- Maori Television Service

##### Programme Description

- Set in a Japanese POW Camp on Java. All cruelty and bitter misery of camp life exists but there is a curious bond created between the Japanese and their Western prisoners. Based on the novel The seed and the sower by Sir Laurens Van der Post.

##### Classification

- AO

##### Owning Collection

- Television Vault

##### Broadcast Platform

- Television

##### Languages

- English
- Japanese

##### Captioning Languages

- English

##### Captions

- Open Captions

##### Live Broadcast

- No

##### Rights Statement

- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.

##### Subjects

- War films
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese--Drama.
- Feature films--Great Britain.

##### Contributors

- **Nagisa Ôshima** (Director)
- **Nagisa Ôshima** (Writer)
- **Paul Mayersberg** (Writer)
- **Jeremy Thomas** (Producer)
- **David Bowie** (Actor)
- **Ryûichi Sakamoto** (Actor)
- **Tom Conti** (Actor)
- **Takeshi Kitano** (Actor)
- **Jack Thompson** (Actor)
- **Ryûichi Sakamoto** (Composer)
- **Tôichirô Narushima** (Cinematographer)
- **National Film Trustees** (Production Unit)
- **Recorded Picture Company** (Production Unit)
- **Oshima Productions** (Production Unit)
- **Jeremy Thomas Productions** (Production Unit)
- **Tomoyo Oshima** (Editor)
- **Shigemasa Toda** (Production Designer)