Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents at the stage of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, in Japan.
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Cast
32 people
Ken Matsudaira
Matsue
Known for
Her Blue Sky
Legal High
Bruno Ganz
Kurt Heinrich
Known for
Downfall
The House That Jack Built
Motomu Furuta
Shinichirô Ikebe
Masanobu Deme
Kinya Miyagawa
Hiroshi Abe
Iko
Known for
Last Samurai Standing
Still Walking
Paul Müller
Known for
Fantozzi Against the Wind
Journey to Italy
Shin'ya Tadano
Jun Kunimura
Takagi
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Audition
Kazutami Hara
Isao Nagaoka
Masanobu Deme Director · Motomu Furuta Writer Shinichiro Ikebe Composer
Worldwide gross $8.7M · First release June 17, 2006 · Produced in Germany, Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$8,688,249
Production
Yomiuri Shimbun Company
Production
Nippan Group Holdings
Production
Shinano Art & Culture Consultant Co., Ltd.
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TV Asahi
Production
Tokyo FM
Production
Toei Company
Production
Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K.
Production
Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.
Production
Germany · Japan
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Languages
Original title
バルトの楽園
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
German · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 17, 2006
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
May 16, 2007 · Hamburg Japanese Film Festival
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