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The Ode to Joy

20064.5 / 10135 min
Drama, History, War, Music

Overview

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

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

Crew

Kazutami Hara

Kazutami Hara

Director of Photography

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Art Direction

Masanobu Deme

Masanobu Deme

Director

Motomu Furuta

Motomu Furuta

Writer

Shinichirô Ikebe

Shinichirô Ikebe

Original Music Composer

Shin'ya Tadano

Shin'ya Tadano

Editor

Yusuke Okada

Yusuke Okada

Executive Producer