
Feature film — 2006
The Ode to Joy (2006)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 3 votes.
Yomiuri Shimbun Company / Nippan Group Holdings / Shinano Art & Culture Consultant Co., Ltd. / TV Asahi / Tokyo FM / Toei Company
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Director: Masanobu Deme
On screen
Cast & crew

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
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