Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Japanese: ), also known in many European editions as Furyo (俘虜, Japanese for "prisoner of war"), is a 1983 British-Japanese wartime drama film directed by Nagisa Oshima, produced by Jeremy Thomas and starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano and Jack Thompson. The screenplay by Oshima with Paul Mayersberg was based on Sir Laurens van der Post's experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II as depicted in his works "The Seed and the Sower" (1963) and "The Night of the New Moon" (1970). Sakamoto also wrote
The Mouse on the Moon Running, Jumping and Standing Still Film", as director. Producer Walter Shenson and director Lester next made The Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night". The film had its American premiere at Cape Canaveral, where the attending cast members met American astronauts. Dell Publishing issued a comic book of the film. The Mouse on the Moon The Mouse on the Moon is a 1963 British comedy film, the sequel to "The Mouse That Roared". It is an adaptation of the 1962 novel "The Mouse on the Moon" by Irish author Leonard Wibberley, and was directed by Richard Lester. In it, the people