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Marc 2022-03-24 09:03:49
I give you a magic carpet, and you give it a kiss; I give you life, and you give it a memorial.
[One brush:]
This film is similar to "The Last Samurai", both of which highlight the fierce collision of Eastern and Western cultures in the war years. After the interweaving, there is mutual recognition, respect and love, so there will also be feelings between the winner and the prisoners... -
Maureen 2022-03-22 09:02:59
Taboo Colors, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bowie & Sylvian
"Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" is based on "The Seed and the Sower",
but the film's theme song "Forbidden colours" comes from Yukio Mishima's "Forbidden Colors".
I can't find Seed and the Sower, but just finished watching Forbidden Colors.
In fact, there is a very interesting thing, I don't know...
Alistair Browning
Extended Reading
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence quotes
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Camp P.O.W.s: [serenading Celliers] The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want; He makes me down to lie, In pastures green; He leadeth me, The quiet waters by. My soul He doth restore again, And me to walk doth make, Within the paths of righteousness...
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Sgt. Gengo Hara: Do you remember that Christmas?
Col. John Lawrence: Yes. Yes. Yes.
Sgt. Gengo Hara: It was a good Christmas, wasn't it?
Col. John Lawrence: It was a wonderful Christmas. You were drunk.
Sgt. Gengo Hara: May I go on and on being drunk!
Col. John Lawrence: Sake is wonderful.
Sgt. Gengo Hara: Thank you. Father Christmas. Thank you.
