Merry Christmas, mr. Lawrence: The kiss

The memorable scene from Merry Christmas, mr. Lawrence by Nagisa Oshima.
David Bowie makes a frim "make love not war" statement much to the horror of cptn. Yonoi played by Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• Merry
• Christmas
• mr.
• Lawrence
• david
• bowie
• ryuichi
• sakamoto

[finalcut75]

This kiss isn't about sexual tension. These two men doom themselves with this kiss, but in return, they set their souls free... This kiss is about letting go... Forgiving.

[thecherryontop19]

This scene is ALSO about homosexual love.A great & forbidden love that can't be expressed,that gives much pain and rage to Yonoi.Bowie shows him that he understood,and kisses him as a demonstration of great humanity & love.But Yonoi is trapped into his role,his virile culture,and feels too much pain:he can't admit his feelings,so he get angry,and tries to break that "mirror" of love by the violence of his soldiers.If he can't let go & love Bowie,better destroying him.He can't love a man&stranger

[Ca1861]

Great scene; this movie has held up well in the many years since I first saw it. He made another good one, "The Man who Fell to Earth".

[becalmned]

@thecherryontop19 the japanese looked so shocked because he knew bowie had a hard on shooting this scene, the dirty fucker.

[zenobowie]

@zenobowie ps IS based on !



[zenobowie]

why all these explanations !!??I've seen the premiere in the cinema,about 28 years ago!!!!Everyone understood the meaning and intent of this kiss !You must be very naive or stupid not to understand the meaning of this scene !! That is what the whole story based on !! MG !!

[Dandaphne80]

One of the best scenes in movie history.

[bloffproductions]

@finalcut75 A powerful scene, I love your comment here...thank you.

[MAN80085]

Thought the Thin White Duke would have been tempted to use his tongue.

[spiritfired]

The moment his fantasies and desire was fulfilled, it was his beginning of doom...

[HamuMcSqueaky]

@onebeautifulman1 With all due respect to u. If you have missed the gay layer of the story, you have missed a massive part of the film. The kiss is also an expression of defiance and of LOVE. Celliers is showing Yonoi that he returns these strong feelings, even though he knows it will doom him, he believes it is worth that moment of ectasy and happiness.

[HamuMcSqueaky]

@cass3765 Do you really think that homosexuality is just sexual?...Us gays have very powerful, deep felt emotional and spiritual feelings too. Being gay is NOT just about sex! It is about who one falls in love with too! This is not a kiss of forgiveness but of defiance and more importantly an expression of love. Love which is sadly doomed.