The Ode to Joy (2006)
Original title: バルトの楽園
The Ode to Joy is a 2006 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Masanobu Deme, with a running time of 2h 15m. It stars Ken Matsudaira, Bruno Ganz and Hiroshi Abe.
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.