Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Early on, a prisoner is sexually assaulted by a soldier (not shown but discussed). The perpetrator's punishment marks a significant part of the film's plot, and differing cultural attitudes on homosexuality and sodomy are touched on. At one point the perpetrator is humiliated with threats of public exposure or being forced to repeat the act before his peers, though this does not take place

Men are shown shirtless or stripping to the waist throughout the film (not sexual).

At one point, Celliers begins to remove his shirt to show injuries received from a beating; another character takes notice and his interest in Celliers can be seen as romantic.

A suggestion is made that a man and a woman might have had a romantic relationship, one character making a mild sexual reference.

Celliers kisses Yonoi in both cheeks.