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.
Released: Jun 17, 2006
Runtime: 135 minutes
Genre: Drama, History, War, Music
Stars: Ken Matsudaira, Bruno Ganz, Hiroshi Abe, Jun Kunimura, Oliver Bootz, Kostja Ullmann
Crew: Kazutami Hara (Director of Photography), Yoshinobu Nishioka (Art Direction), Shinichirô Ikebe (Original Music Composer), Masanobu Deme (Director), Motomu Furuta (Writer), Shin'ya Tadano (Editor)
