Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence / @coversart
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence [Reworked]
“Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence“ is a 1983 instrumental piece by Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto recorded for the film* (the first in his film scoring career) of the same name. The song has become a staple of Christmas music in the USA, Britain and Japan. A vocal version, “Forbidden Colours“, features former Japan frontman David Sylvian and charted in the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart.
*Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Japanese: 戦場のメリークリスマス, Hepburn: Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu, ’Merry Christmas on the Battlefield’), also known in many European editions as Furyo (俘虜, Japanese for “prisoner of war“), is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, co-written by Paul Mayersberg, and produced by Jeremy Thomas. The film is based on the experiences of Sir Laurens v
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