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The Ode to Joy

6.0/10

June 17, 2006

135 minutes

Masanobu Deme

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.

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Movie Details

Release Date

June 17, 2006

Runtime

135 minutes

Director

Masanobu Deme

Rating

6.0/10

Production Companies

Yomiuri Shimbun Company Nippan Group Holdings Shinano Art & Culture Consultant Co., Ltd. TV Asahi Tokyo FM

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

The Ode to Joy

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