Animation ·Drama ·War · Japan · 1986 · 1h 25m

Barefoot Gen 2

はだしのゲン２

Barefoot Gen 2 poster

Director

Cast

Issei Miyazaki as Gen Kei Nakamura as Masa Tadashi Masaki Kouda as Ryuuta Kae Shimamura as Mother Kimi Aoyama as Katsuko Koichi Kitamura as Giyo Katsushiro / Matsukichi Hirayama

Crew

Kinichi Ishikawa — Director of Photography Kentaro Haneda — Original Music Composer Hideo Takayashiki — Screenplay Keiji Nakazawa — Novel Shotaro Tanabe — Producer Takanori Yoshimoto — Producer

Synopsis

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.

Mood & Themes

hiroshima, japan post war radiation sickness anime hibakusha school days hiroshima bombing post-war chaos period

Key Collaborators

Toshio Hirata Director Kinichi Ishikawa Director of Photography Kentaro Haneda Original Music Composer Hideo Takayashiki Screenplay Keiji Nakazawa Novel Shotaro Tanabe Producer Takanori Yoshimoto Producer Yasuteru Iwase Producer

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