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David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Jack Thompson in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Awards

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

10 wins & 8 nominations

BAFTA Awards

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto
    1984 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Score
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto

Cannes Film Festival

  • Nagisa Ôshima
    1983 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Nagisa Ôshima

Awards of the Japanese Academy

  • David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Jack Thompson in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
    1984 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Film
  • Takeshi Kitano at an event for The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
    1984 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Takeshi Kitano (as Beat Takeshi)
  • Nagisa Ôshima
    1984 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Director
    • Nagisa Ôshima
  • 1984 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Art Direction
    • Shigemasa Toda
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto
    1984 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Music Score
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto

National Board of Review, USA

  • Tom Conti in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
    1983 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Actor
    • Tom Conti
    Shared with: Reuben, Reuben

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • Nagisa Ôshima
    1984 Winner Readers' Choice Award
    • Best Film
    • Nagisa Ôshima

Mainichi Film Concours

  • Nagisa Ôshima
    1984 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Film
    • Nagisa Ôshima
  • Takeshi Kitano at an event for The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
    1984 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Takeshi Kitano
  • Nagisa Ôshima
    1984 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Director
    • Nagisa Ôshima
  • Nagisa Ôshima
    1984 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Screenplay
    • Nagisa Ôshima
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto
    1984 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Film Score
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto

Jupiter Award

  • David Bowie
    1984 Nominee Jupiter Award
    • Best International Actor
    • David Bowie

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Jack Thompson in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
    1986 Winner SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Nagisa Ôshima
    1983 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Nagisa Ôshima
    Third Place; tied with A Brutal Game (1983)

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