The Ode to Joy
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- Movie: The Ode to Joy
- Romaji: Baruto no gakuen
- Japanese: バルトの楽園（がくえん）
- Director: Masanobu Deme
- Writer: Motomu Furuta
- Producer:
- Cinematography:
- Release Date: June 17, 2006
- Runtime: 134 min.
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
[edit] Plot
German soldiers are transported to a prisoner-of-war camp in Japan after the First World War. The movie depicts warm interactions among German prisoners, a manager of the relocation camp and local residents during the World War I.
[edit] Notes
Film was shot in Aizu, Fukushima.
[edit] 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 Osugi - Kuroda
- Eiji Bando - Nango
- Shigeru Izumiya - Tada
- Mitsuru Hirata - Umatsu
