Barefoot Gen (1983-Japan)
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Profile
- Movie: Barefoot Gen
- Romaji: Hadashi no Gen
- Japanese: はだしのゲン
- Director: Mori Masaki
- Writer: Keiji Nakazawa
- Producer: Yasuteru Iwase, Keiji Nakazawa, Takanori Yoshimoto
- Cinematographer: Kinichi Ishikawa
- Release Date: July 21, 1983
- Runtime: 85 min.
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
It's the summer of 1945. 3 years have elapsed since the war between Japan and USA began. Gen is a young boy living a struggling yet satisfying life in the city of Hiroshima, that has been strangely spared by the bombing taken in almost every other Japanese City. Food is scarce, and Gen's family is suffering from severe malnutrition, which endangers his pregnant mother. There isn't much spare time as Gen and his little brother Shinji help their father and mother at work and try to make sure their family survives the tough times. Little do they know, what the Americans have in store for the city of Hiroshima and as of the 6th of August 1945, their lives are about to change dramatically.
Notes
- Related titles:
- Barefoot Gen (1983)
- Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
- Barefoot Gen (Fuji TV / 2007)
Cast(voice)
- Issei Miyazaki - Gen Nakaoka
- Masaki Kôda - Shinji Nakaoka / Ryuta Kondo
- Seiko Nakano - Eiko Nakaoka
- Takao Inoue - Daikichi Nakaoka
- Yoshie Shimamura - Kimie Nakaoka
- Takeshi Aono - Hidezo
- Katsuji Mori - Seiji Yoshida
- Taeko Nakanishi - Hana
- Junji Nishimura - Boku Pak
- Koichi Kitamura
- Koji Yada -
- Yasuro Tanaka
- Ryoichi Tanaka
- Masaharu Sato
- Kyôko Tongu
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GraceyMay Says:
Apr 14 2012 11:50 pm
Surprised that nobody else has commented on this film! It is such a poignant story and the main character is really sweet. The art is almost horrifying at some parts, but it has to be to express what it was like during that time of war. Really emotional film, great story that needs to be told.