CentralNotice Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Original Japanese poster Directed by Nagisa Ōshima Produced by Jeremy Thomas Screenplay by Nagisa Ōshima Paul Mayersberg Based on The Seed and the Sower by Sir Laurens van der Post Starring David Bowie Tom Conti Ryuichi Sakamoto Takeshi Jack Thompson Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto Cinematography Toichiro Narushima Edited by Tomoyo Ōshima Production company Recorded Picture Company Oshima Productions Distributed by Palace Pictures (UK) Shochiku (Japan) Universal Pictures (US) Release date 10 May 1983 ( 1983-05-10 ) ( Cannes ) 25 August 1983 ( 1983-08-25 ) (United Kingdom) Running time 123 minutes Country United Kingdom Japan [1] New Zealand [2] Language English Japanese Box office ¥990 million (Japan rentals) [3] $2.3 mill...