Win Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence Blu-Rays!

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David Bowie stars in Nagisa Oshima’s 1983 Palme d’Or-nominated portrait of resilience, pride, friendship and obsession among four very different men confined in the stifling jungle heat of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java during World War II.

In 1942, British officer Major Jack Celliers (Bowie) is captured by Japanese soldiers, and after a brutal trial sent, physically debilitated but indomitable in mind, to a POW camp overseen by the zealous Captain Yonoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto). Celliers’ stubbornness sees him locked in a battle of wills with the camp’s new commandant, a man obsessed with discipline and the glory of Imperial Japan who becomes unnaturally preoccupied with the young Major, while Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence (Tom Conti), the only inmate with a degree of sympathy for Japanese culture and an understanding of the language, attempts to bridge the divide through his friendship with Yonoi’s second-in-command, Sergeant Hara (Takeshi Kitano), a man possessing a surprising degree of compassion beneath his cruel façade.

Competition.. NOW CLOSED, THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED. WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED SHORTLY.

The Blu-Ray was released on June 15th and to celebrate we have 2 copies to give away, all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning one, is answer the following question..

Who scored the soundtrack to the film?

Answers by email to competitions@davidbowienews.com.

Competition is open to UK residents only.

The deadline for entries is midnight on Friday 26th June

**Strictly 1 entry per person**

The winners will be notified by email shortly after.

Good luck!

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