The Ode to Joy
Trailer: The Ode to Joy
Year: 2006
Genre: Drama, History, War, Music
Studio: Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Nippan Group Holdings, Shinano Art & Culture Consultant Co., Ltd., TV Asahi, Tokyo FM, Toei Company
Director: Masanobu Deme
Cast: Ken Matsudaira, Bruno Ganz, Hiroshi Abe, Jun Kunimura, Oliver Bootz, Kostja Ullmann
Crew: Kazutami Hara (Director of Photography), Yoshinobu Nishioka (Art Direction), Masanobu Deme (Director), Motomu Furuta (Writer), Shinichiro Ikebe (Original Music Composer), Shin'ya Tadano (Editor)
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