Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

The guys get festive this week with the ostensibly Christmas-themed movie about a Japanese prison camp - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. Does it give this movie a wholly different, unique perspective with a Japanese director behind the camera? Is this the most homoerotic film ever made to feature no gay sex? What's the story behind Beat Takeshi? All this and a very unfortunate new sponsor in this week's episode!
 
Next week: one more Xmas movie before year's end.

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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence stars David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jack Thompson, Alistair Browning and Takeshi Kitano; directed by Nagisa Ōshima.

Is It Streaming?
USA: Criterion Channel.
Canada: Criterion Channel.
UK: Mubi, Arrow, NOW TV and available to rent.
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