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Barefoot Gen

Barefoot Gen

The bombing of Hiroshima as seen through the eyes of a young boy.

19837.61h 23m

Overview

A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

Directed by Mori Masaki
Written by Keiji Nakazawa
Produced by Takanori Yoshimoto, Yasuteru Iwase, Keiji Nakazawa
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Top Cast

Issei Miyazaki

Issei Miyazaki

Gen Nakaoka (voice)

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Masaki Kouda

Shinji Nakaoka (voice)

Seiko Nakano

Seiko Nakano

Eiko Nakaoka (voice)

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Takao Inoue

Daikichi Nakaoka (voice)

Yoshie Shimamura

Yoshie Shimamura

Kimie Nakaoka (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

Hidezo (voice)

Katsuji Mori

Katsuji Mori

Seiji Yoshida (voice)

Taeko Nakanishi

Taeko Nakanishi

Hana (voice)

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Tatsuya Jo

Narrator (voice)

Junji Nishimura

Junji Nishimura

Boku Pak (voice)

Themes & Keywords

bombworld war iihiroshima, japanbased on comicbased on mangabombingnuclearadult animationradiation sicknessnuclear warfareanimechildren in wartimehiroshimahiroshima and nagasaki bombingshiroshima bombingpost-war chaos period

About Barefoot Gen

Barefoot Gen is a animation, drama, war, history film released in 1983 exploring themes of bomb, world war ii, hiroshima, japan, based on comic, based on manga, bombing. Directed by Mori Masaki, it stars Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Kouda, Seiko Nakano. A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

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