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title: 'Baruto no Gakuen (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Masanobu Deme'
released: '2006-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 135
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/baruto-no-gakuen-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484095/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Baruto no Gakuen (2006)

2006 · 135 min · Drama, War · Japan

Original title: バルトの楽園

## Synopsis

Baruto no Gakuen , also known as Ode to Joy, is a 2006 Japanese film directed by Masanobu Deme and starring Bruno Ganz and Ken Matsudaira. It is based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I and depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture in Japan.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Masanobu Deme](https://cinepixo.com/people/masanobu-deme)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Shinichiro Ikebe](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinichiro-ikebe)

## Cast

- [Jun Kunimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-kunimura)
- [Ken Matsudaira](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-matsudaira)
- [Hiroshi Abe](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-abe)
- [Bruno Ganz](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-ganz)
- [Kostja Ullmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kostja-ullmann)

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Official site: http://www.bart-movie.jp/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/baruto-no-gakuen-2006
Film facts: Wikidata (Q690615); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.