Baruto no gakuen (2006)

Director:

Masanobu Deme

Writer:

Motomu Furuta (writer)

Release Date:

17 June 2006 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama | History | Music | War

Plot:

German soldiers are transported to a prisoner-of-war camp in Japan after the First World War. |

Cast

Ken Matsudaira	...	Matsue
Bruno Ganz	...	Kurt Heinrich
Hiroshi Abe	...	Iko
Jun Kunimura	...	Takagi
Oliver Bootz	...	Carl Baum
Kostja Ullmann	...	Hermann Lake
Suzuka Ohgo	...	Shio
Shinobu Nakayama	...	Matsu
Etsuko Ichihara	...	Sue
Shiro Mifune	...	Matsue's father
Hiroshi Katsuno	...	Shimada
Ren Ôsugi	...	Kuroda
Eiji Bandô	...	Nango
Shigeru Izumiya	...	Tada
Mitsuru Hirata	...	Umatsu

Also Known As:

The Ode to Joy (International: English title)

Runtime:

Japan:130 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

Company:

Shinano Art & Culture Consultant Co. Ltd.

Trivia:

Many of the German soldiers in the movie were not Germans, but Hungarians, Russians, Norwegians, Swedes, Americans, British and Canadian people. Many of which were students from Universities from around the Kansai area, like Osaka and Kyoto. Thus, when the soldiers were going to shout and talk and make noises, only the German people and people who could pronounce perfect, or good enough German were allowed to say something.