The Ode to Joy (2006)

Release Date: 2006-06-17
Runtime: 2h 15min
Production Company: Yomiuri Shimbun Company
Production Country: Germany, Japan
Director: Masanobu Deme

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.