The Ode to Joy

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Ken Matsudaira Matsue

Bruno Ganz Kurt Heinrich

Hiroshi Abe Iko

Jun Kunimura Takagi

Oliver Bootz Carl Baum