The Ode to Joy 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. Details Casts Galleries Posters Title The Ode to Joy Release Date 2006-06-17 Runtime 02 Hours 15 Minutes Genres Drama History War Music Production Companies Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Nippan Group Holdings, Shinano Art & Culture Consultant Co., Ltd., TV Asahi, Tokyo FM, Toei Company Production Countries Germany, Japan Ken Matsudaira... Matsue... Bruno Ganz... Kurt Heinrich... Hiroshi Abe... Iko... Jun Kunimura... Takagi... Oliver Bootz... Carl Baum... Kostja Ullmann... Herman Lake... Suzuka Ohgo... Shio... Shirō Mifune... ... Original Size (1360x765) Original Size (500x750)