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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Ryuichi Sakamoto
Holiday 2015

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence , also known as Furyo , is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, co-written by Paul Mayersberg, and produced by Jeremy Thomas. The film is based on the experiences of Sir Laurens van der Post as a prisoner of war in Java during World War II, as depicted in his books The Seed and the Sower (1963) and The Night of the New Moon (1970).

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Tracklist

19 tracks · 40:36 · click to preview
1
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
4:36
2
Batavia
1:18
3
Germination
1:49
4
A Hearty Breakfast
1:23
5
Before the War
2:15
6
The Seed and the Sower
5:03
7
A Brief Encounter
2:22
8
Ride, Ride, Ride (Celliers' Brother's Song)
1:04
9
The Fight
1:30
10
Father Christmas
2:07
11
Dismissed
0:10
12
Assembly
2:17
13
Beyond Reason
2:01
14
Sowing the Seed
1:54
15
23rd Psalm
2:03
16
Last Regrets
1:43
17
Ride, Ride, Ride (Reprise)
1:06
18
The Seed
1:04
19
Forbidden Colors
4:42
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