Made by the superb direction skill of Nagisa Oshima, 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a movie that delineates the brotherly feeling of Christmas between four men in the thick of hostile Second World War conditions.
Inhabiting a shed made for prisoners, the four men that coincidently come in contact with each other together give a whole new dimension to the story of the movie.
Being a part of diverse ethnicities, the four men adopt diverse ways of dealing with up the creek situation. The real war stories portrayed by the writer Laurens van der Post in two books written by him are used by the movie. Therefore, the resulting script of the film gives a unique picture of the way war binds the people of uncommon cultural origins.
'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' is also a movie that consists of fascinating music. And one can find the title of the movie enriching its melodious tracks.
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