Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence

Nagisa Oshima - 1983
Use of long takes, multiple places of interest in the frame. Use of high and low vantage points, creates juxtapositons in mis-en-scene. Also some SRS stuff. Strong colour schemes, justified realistically-ish but scenes almost entirely in blue and red.
Pretty unflinching looks at violence, and challenging conventions by exploration of homosexuality at the time. Challenge to Japanese mysticism and various degraded traditions. All gets a little tiresome, couldn't really stomache Bowie. Likely to prove a bad way to get to know Oshima.