The Ode to Joy
2006•2h 15m•6.0•Released
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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.
Director
Masanobu Deme
Writer
Motomu Furuta
Languages
German, Japanese
Studio
Yomiuri Shimbun 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
Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Production
Company
Yomiuri Shimbun Company
Company
Nippan Group Holdings
Company
Shinano Art & Culture Consultant Co., Ltd.
Company
TV Asahi
Company
Tokyo FM
Company
Toei Company
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