When Hicksley refuses to assemble the sick, an enraged Yonoi prepares to kill him. Lawrence!" Merry Christmas!
Hara has learned to speak English and reveals he is to be executed the following day for war crimes.
Hicksley worries that Yonoi wants to replace him as spokesman for the POW's and confronts him, demanding an explanation. Merry Christmas, Mr. Check out Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Somewhere Far Away) by Faryl Smith on Amazon Music.
Celliers dies shortly afterwards. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk. He has Celliers buried in the sand up to his neck and left to die.
He then tells Hara that Yonoi gave him a lock of Celliers' hair and asked him to take it to his village in Japan and place it in a shrine. Before leaving, Captain Yonoi goes to Celliers at night when no one is around and cuts a lock from his hair, then bows and leaves. After referencing his own time as a POW, Lawrence says, "We are all wrong." Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Original Japanese poster Directed byNagisa Ōshima Produced byJeremy Thomas Screenplay byNagisa Ōshima Paul Mayersberg Based onThe Seed and the Sower by Sir Laurens van der Post Starring David Bowie Tom Conti Ryuichi Sakamoto Takeshi Jack Thompson Music byRyuichi Sakamoto CinematographyToichiro Narushima Edited byTomoyo Ōshima Production company Recorded Picture Company Oshima Productions Distributed byPalace Pictures Shochiku Universal Pictures Relea… Hara then tells them he is "Father Christmas" and orders their release as another prisoner confessed responsibility for the radio. Short version \o/ This video is unavailable. In 1946, four years later, Lawrence visits Sergeant Hara, who is now a prisoner of the Allies. Lawrence implicitly agrees, saying that Hara is a "victim of men who think they are right". He was unable to be in Tokyo with his Army comrades, the "Shining Young Officers" of Japan's When a radio is discovered after Celliers circumvented the rations suspension, Yonoi forces Celliers and Lawrence to accept the blame and imprisons them pending execution. At this point Celliers breaks Captain Yonoi is immediately replaced as commandant and his successor declares, "I am not as sentimental as Captain Yonoi!"
He states he is not afraid to die, but doesn't understand how his actions were any different from those of any other soldier. As he is leaving, Hara calls out: "Lawrence!!! Watch Queue Queue The two men reminisce about their pasts. The two then bid one another goodbye; Lawrence, his voice breaking, says, "There are times when victory is very hard to take." As the two men leave, Hara calls out in English, "Merry Christmas, Lawrence!"
Hara then reminisces about Celliers and Yonoi.
Hara asks Lawrence if he remembers the Christmas Eve he had him released, and both are amused.
The film deals with the relationships among four men in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during the Just as Celliers is troubled by guilt, Yonoi is haunted with shame. It is revealed that Yonoi too was executed after the war.
However, on Christmas Eve, a drunken Sergeant Hara orders Celliers and Lawrence to be brought to him. He is then assigned to oversee (with some of the prisoners) the construction of an airstrip. Furious at Hicksley's impudence (while at the same time denying Yonoi the information he seeks), Yonoi orders the whole camp to form up outside the barracks, including the sick and disabled. Although Yonoi is angry that Sergeant Hara released Celliers and Lawrence, he only mildly reprimands him for exceeding his authority.