The Ode to Joy (2006)
• June 17th, 2006 • 2h 15min
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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