Animation ·Drama ·War ·History · Japan · 1983 · 1h 23m

Barefoot Gen

はだしのゲン

Barefoot Gen poster
Director
Mori Masaki
Cast
Issei Miyazaki as Gen Nakaoka (voice) Masaki Kouda as Shinji Nakaoka (voice) Seiko Nakano as Eiko Nakaoka (voice) Takao Inoue as Daikichi Nakaoka (voice) Yoshie Shimamura as Kimie Nakaoka (voice) Takeshi Aono as Hidezo (voice)
Crew
Kinichi Ishikawa — Director of Photography Harutoshi Ogata — Editor Kentaro Haneda — Original Music Composer Keiji Nakazawa — Screenplay Keiji Nakazawa — Writer Yasuteru Iwase — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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

Trailer Barefoot Gen — Official Trailer
Official Trailer youtube.com
Mood & Themes
bombworld war iihiroshima, japanbased on comicbased on mangabombingnuclearadult animationradiation sicknessnuclear warfareanimechildren in wartime
Key Collaborators
Mori Masaki Director Kinichi Ishikawa Director of Photography Harutoshi Ogata Editor Kentaro Haneda Original Music Composer Keiji Nakazawa Screenplay Keiji Nakazawa Writer Yasuteru Iwase Producer Takanori Yoshimoto Producer Keiji Nakazawa Producer
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