The Ode to Joy

  • Rated 6.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2006
  • 2h 15m
  • Drama
  • History
  • War

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.

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Director
Masanobu Deme
Starring
Ken Matsudaira, Bruno Ganz, Hiroshi Abe, Jun Kunimura

Cast

  • Ken Matsudaira

    Ken Matsudaira

    Matsue

  • Bruno Ganz

    Bruno Ganz

    Kurt Heinrich

  • Hiroshi Abe

    Hiroshi Abe

    Iko

  • Jun Kunimura

    Jun Kunimura

    Takagi

  • Oliver Bootz

    Oliver Bootz

    Carl Baum

  • Kostja Ullmann

    Kostja Ullmann

    Herman Lake

  • Suzuka Ohgo

    Suzuka Ohgo

    Shio

  • Shirō Mifune

    Shirō Mifune

  • Kazuhiko Takeuchi

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