The Ode to Joy (バルトの楽園) 18 years old

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.

Credits

The Ode to Joy Cast

Name Character
Bruno Ganz He was 65, 77 years old when he died as Kurt Heinrich
Jun Kunimura He was 50, now 69 years old as Takagi
Kostja Ullmann He was 22, now 40 years old as Herman Lake
Hiroshi Abe He was 41, now 60 years old as Iko
Suzuka Ohgo She was 12, now 31 years old as Shio
Oliver Bootz He was 34, now 53 years old as Carl Baum

The Ode to Joy Crew

Name Department
Shinichirô Ikebe as Original Music Composer. He was 62 (now 81) years old Sound
Motomu Furuta as Writer. He was 59 (now 77) years old Writing
Shin'ya Tadano as Editor. Editing
The Ode to Joy poster
The Ode to Joy (18 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, June 17, 2006
  • Runtime: 135 minutes