The Truth Behind MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE (Expanded & Revised) | Cinema Nippon
Channel: Cinema Nippon
Date: 2020-12-25

Just in time for the holidays, it’s the perfect time to learn about the horrid living conditions in Japanese POW camps during World War II.

Originally aired December 24, 2017. This video contains updated audio and visual tweaks.

Citations: https://cinemanippon.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/2017-citations/

Purchase a copy of Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence on Blu Ray or DVD from Criterion here:
https://www.criterion.com/films/27512-merry-christmas-mr-lawrence

Hear Gavan Daws speak further on the subject of Japanese POWs:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?66923-1/prisoners-war-pacific

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Sound Design:
Pixabay / FreeSound
Theme song by Abysmii
    https://abysmii.bandcamp.com/

Image Credits:
Nagisa Oshima photo courtesy Rita Molnar
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nagisa_%C5%8Cshima_and_Ry%C5%ABhei_Matsuda_at_Cannes_in_2000.jpg
Laurens van der Post photo courtesy Marwoode
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Dijk_with_Sir_Laurens_van_Der_Post,_CBE_visiting_together_at_the_home_of_Carl_Jung_on_the_shore_of_Lake_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg
Battle of Stalingrad photos courtesy the German National Archive and the RIA Novosti Archive
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RIAN_archive_602161_Center_of_Stalingrad_after_liberation.jpg
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-W0506-316,_Russland,_Kampf_um_Stalingrad,_Siegesflagge.jpg
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B22081,_Russland,_Kampf_um_Stalingrad,_Luftangriff.jpg
Burma-Siam Railroad photo courtesy PumpkinSky
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_-_tourist_plaza.JPG

Article Citation:
“Master Storyteller or Master Deceiver?” by Dinita Smith, The New York Times
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/03/books/master-storyteller-or-master-deceiver.html