# [Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence](https://wknd.app/r/mc48rx/merry-christmas-mr-lawrence)

- When: 2026-12-09 14:00-16:05 (America/New_York)
- Scarcity: one_day
- Cadence: once
- Where: Meyer Auditorium, National Museum of Asian Art, 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20004 (38.88796, -77.02645)
- Ages: all ages
- Price: free
- Category: film
- Topics: japanese-culture, classic-cinema, film-screening
- About: Matinee screening of Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Japan, 1983, Japanese with English subtitles), a World War II culture-clash drama set in a Japanese POW camp, starring David Bowie and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Free.
- Source: https://nmaamatinees.eventive.org/schedule/6a160e457b17557fe084f1ca
- Feed: [DMV cultural events](https://wknd.app/f/bngusz/dmv-cultural-events)

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