The Ode to Joy (2006)

  • NR
  • 06/17/2006 (JP)
  • Drama, History, War, Music
  • 2h 15m

Overview

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.

Masanobu Deme

Director

Motomu Furuta

Writer

Cast

Ken Matsudaira's headshot

Ken Matsudaira

Matsue
Bruno Ganz's headshot

Bruno Ganz

Kurt Heinrich
Hiroshi Abe's headshot

Hiroshi Abe

Iko
Jun Kunimura's headshot

Jun Kunimura

Takagi
Oliver Bootz's headshot

Oliver Bootz

Carl Baum
Kostja Ullmann's headshot

Kostja Ullmann

Herman Lake
Suzuka Ohgo's headshot

Suzuka Ohgo

Shio
Shirō Mifune's headshot

Shirō Mifune

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