Brutal and beautiful
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence review
By
Annie D from London, England
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28th July 2005
Very few movies depict the vast chasm between two cultures with respect, but this is one of the few that pulls it off. Set near the end of WW2, this movie focuses on the clash between the Japanese and the English -- not on a bloody battlefield but in the relative quiet of a POW camp as a Japanese captain (Ryuichi Sakamoto) and a British soldier (David Bowie) wage a battle of wills against each other.
