The Ode to Joy
4.5(2 votes)
2006
2h 15m
Drama
History
War
Music
Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents at the stage of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, in Japan.
Production
Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Nippan Group Holdings, Shinano Art & Culture Consultant Co., Ltd., TV Asahi, Tokyo FM, Toei Company
Cast
Ken Matsudaira
Matsue
Bruno Ganz
Kurt Heinrich
Hiroshi Abe
Iko
Jun Kunimura
Takagi
Oliver Bootz
Carl Baum
Kostja Ullmann
Herman Lake
Suzuka Ohgo
Shio
Shirō Mifune
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