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The Ode to Joy

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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.

Directed byMasanobu Deme

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 15m
Language
JA
Released
June 17, 2006
Studios
Yomiuri Shimbun CompanyNippan Group HoldingsTV Asahi

Featuring

Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Masanobu Deme
Masanobu Deme
Written by
Motomu Furuta

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