It’s a genuinely moving portrayal of what could be called shared madness. "Maj. Celliers," played by David Bowie, finds himself convicted by the Japanese forces occupying Java for rebellion. Looking back, it seems likely he would have preferred to avoid that fate, but instead of execution, he's sent to a prisoner-of-war camp overseen by "Col Yonoi" (Ryuichi Sakamoto). Yonoi delegates much of the daily cruelty to his …