Brattle Theatre Presents “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence”

We kick off our tribute to the late actor/composer Ryuichi Sakamoto with one of his most iconic scores and film roles. In this off-kilter WWII drama, Sakamoto stars as the commander of a POW camp who becomes obsessed with a mysterious blond prisoner named Celliers (played by David Bowie). Tom Conti plays the titular Lawrence who tries to bring them together and Takeshi Kitano plays kindred spirit Gengo Hara.