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Feature film — 2006

The Ode to Joy (2006)

6.02h 15mDrama — History — War — Music

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

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Cast & crew

Ken Matsudaira as Matsue

Ken Matsudaira

Matsue

Bruno Ganz as Kurt Heinrich

Bruno Ganz

Kurt Heinrich

Hiroshi Abe as Iko

Hiroshi Abe

Iko

Jun Kunimura as Takagi

Jun Kunimura

Takagi

Oliver Bootz as Carl Baum

Oliver Bootz

Carl Baum

Kostja Ullmann as Herman Lake

Kostja Ullmann

Herman Lake

Suzuka Ohgo as Shio

Suzuka Ohgo

Shio

Shirō Mifune as

Shirō Mifune

K

Kazuhiko Takeuchi

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