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When the ninth door opens, the soldier returns to "humanity". "Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy". It is the thunder of the heart of the musical genius Beethoven, who cried out "through suffering to joy!", a noble and eternal hymn that unites all people as brothers, and a triumphant song of the strong people.
Set in the Bando POW camp in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture during World War I, this moving masterpiece is based on the miraculous true story of how, under the guidance of the camp director, Matsue Toyohisa, who was a soldier but steadfast in his belief in freedom and equality in life, German prisoners of war deepened cultural and technical exchanges with the camp staff and local people, and became the first in Japan to perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy.
- Release (broadcast) year
- February, 2006
- Director Name
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Masanobu Deme
He joined Toho in 1957. He served as assistant director to Akira Kurosawa, Muneyoshi Matsubayashi, Hiromichi Horikawa, and Kengo Furusawa, and was promoted to director in 1968 with Tonogoro, starring Yoko Naito. He subsequently directed films that stood out from Toho's previous youth films, such as Our Wilderness and That Person is a Female Teacher.
After leaving Toho in the mid-1980s, he directed a series of major films at Toei, including "Tengoku no Eki" and "Genkai Tsurezure Bushi" starring Yoshinaga Sayuri, the anti-war film "Listen to the Voice of the Sea" starring young stars Oda Yuji, Nakamura Toru, and Kazama Toru, and "Mist Meridian," which was a hot topic as it featured the first co-starring of two major actresses, Iwashita Shima and Yoshinaga Sayuri. In 2, he directed "Balto no Rakuen," his first film in 2006 years.
- Performer
Toyohisa Matsue – Ken Matsudaira
Shigeru Takagi – Jun Kunimura
Mitsuyasu Ito – Hiroshi Abe
Kurt Heinrich – Bruno Ganz
Karl Baum – Oliver Boots
Hermann Raecke – Kostya Ullman
Matsue Utako – Takashima Reiko
Horseman Yusong – Mitsuru Hirata
Sue – Etsuko Ichihara
Tami – Hiroko Nakajima
Kuroda – Ren Osugi
Ambition – Suzuka Ohgo
Pine – Shinobu Nakayama
Hirose – Yu Tokui
Yutaka Hayashi – Tamoto Seiran
Police Officer – Seizo Fukumoto
Father of Matsue – Shiro Mifune
Matsue in my childhood - Yuki Sato
Major General Tada – Shigeru Izumiya
Lieutenant Colonel Shimada – Hiroshi Katsuno
Iwao Nango – Eiji BandoOther
*The actors in bold appeared at the locations listed below.
Filming location of this work
●Scenes include German soldiers enjoying a swim in the sea under the watch of Ito Mitsuyasu (Abe Hiroshi), a subordinate of Matsue Toyohisa, commander of the Bando POW camp, as well as scenes with Matsu (Nakayama Shinobu) and German soldiers.
The San'in Coast Geopark area is known as the "Singing Sand Beach".Kotobiki Beach" is a location where many movies and dramas have been shot in the past.
In the summer, the beach is crowded with many people, and there arehotelNot just throughout the yearCampYou can also enjoy:
