Movie: The Ode to Joy

Top 8 Billed Cast

Ken Matsudaira
松平健

Matsue

Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz

Kurt Heinrich

Hiroshi Abe
阿部寛

Iko

Jun Kunimura
國村隼

Takagi

Oliver Bootz
Oliver Bootz

Carl Baum

Kostja Ullmann
Kostja Ullmann

Herman Lake

Suzuka Ohgo
大後寿々花

Shio

Shirō Mifune
三船史郎

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2006-06-17

  • Average

    4.5

  • Rating:

    2.3 starts
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