The Ode to Joy poster

The Ode to Joy

6.020062h 15m

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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 by Masanobu Deme

CAST

The people behind the story

Ken Matsudaira

Ken MatsudairaMatsue

Bruno Ganz

Bruno GanzKurt Heinrich

Hiroshi Abe

Hiroshi AbeIko

Jun Kunimura

Jun KunimuraTakagi

Oliver Bootz

Oliver BootzCarl Baum

Kostja Ullmann

Kostja UllmannHerman Lake

Suzuka Ohgo

Suzuka OhgoShio

Shirō Mifune

Shirō Mifune