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1	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence	4:34
2	Batavia	1:18
3	Germination	1:47
4	A Hearty Breakfast	1:21
5	Before The War	2:14
6	The Seed And The Sower	5:00
7	A Brief Encounter	2:23
8	Ride Ride Ride (Celliers' Brother's Song) Written-By – S. McCurdy*	1:03
9	The Fight	1:29
10	Father Christmas	2:06
11	Dismissed!	0:10
12	Assembly	2:16
13	Beyond Reason	2:01
14	Sowing The Seed	1:53
15	23rd Psalm Written By – Traditional	2:00
16	Last Regrets	1:46
17	Ride Ride Ride (Reprise) Written-By – S. McCurdy*	1:04
18	The Seed	1:02
19	Forbidden Colours Vocals – David SylvianWritten-By – D. Sylvian, R. Sakamoto*	4:42

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – National Film Trustee Company Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Midi Inc.
• Published By – Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd.
• Published By – Opium Publishing
• Published By – Chadwick Nomis Ltd.
• Recorded At – Onkio Haus
• Mixed At – Onkio Haus

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Tsuguya Inoue
• Composed By, Performer – Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Photography By [Cover Photography], Other [Make-up] – Anthony Clovet*
• Recorded By [Assisted By], Mixed By [Assisted By] – Michio Nakakoshi
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Seigen Ono, Shinichi Tanaka
• Written-By – R. Sakamoto* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 14, 16, 18 & 19)

Notes

Japanese Reissue CD Album of Catalogue # MDCZ-1220.

℗ 1983 by National Film Trustee Company Ltd.
© 1988 MIDI Inc.
© 1993 MIDI Inc.

All Tracks published by Yano Music Publishing Co Ltd, except Track 19: published by Yano Music Publishing Co Ltd and Opium Publishing / Chadwick Nomis Ltd and '23rd Psalm'.

Music Recorded & Mixed at Onkio Haus, Tokyo.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: T4988 034 20248 4
• Matrix / Runout: MDCZ-1220 3M9 C 9X Y
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
L28N 1008	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ‎(LP)	London Records	L28N 1008	Japan	1983
5050466 3090 2 0	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence / Furyo ‎(CD, Album)	Milan	5050466 3090 2 0	Europe	1994
L28N 1008	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	London Records	L28N 1008	Japan	1983
197 953-2	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence / Furyo ‎(CD, Album)	Milan, Universal, Universal Licensing Music (ULM)	197 953-2	France	1994
V2276	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	V2276	New Zealand	1983