The Ode to Joy (2006)
2h 15m | PG-13
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
Studio: Yomiuri Shimbun Company
Genre: Drama, History, War, Music
Video: 720p
Cast
Ken Matsudaira
as Matsue
Bruno Ganz
as Kurt Heinrich
Hiroshi Abe
as Iko
Jun Kunimura
as Takagi
Oliver Bootz
as Carl Baum
Kostja Ullmann
as Herman Lake