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The Ode to Joy
JUN 17, 2006 · 135 MIN · DIR. MASANOBU DEME
DramaHistoryWarMusic
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.
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
Crew
Writer
Motomu Furuta
Director of Photography
Kazutami Hara
Editor
Shin'ya Tadano
Original Music Composer
Shinichiro Ikebe
