Hadashi no Gen (1983)

Director:

Mori Masaki

Writer:

Keiji Nakazawa (writer)

Release Date:

13 June 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | War

Tagline:

The Bombing Of Hiroshima As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Boy.

Plot:

A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

Plot Keywords:

Japan | Bomb | Barefoot | Atomic Bomb | Fire

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Issei Miyazaki	...	Gen Nakaoka (voice)
Masaki Kôda	...	Shinji Nakaoka / Ryuta Kondo (voice)
Seiko Nakano	...	Eiko Nakaoka (voice)
Takao Inoue	...	Daikichi Nakaoka (voice)
Yoshie Shimamura	...	Kimie Nakaoka (voice)
Takeshi Aono	...	Hidezo (voice)
Katsuji Mori	...	Seiji Yoshida (voice)
Taeko Nakanishi	...	Hana (voice)
Junji Nishimura	...	Boku Pak (voice)
Kôichi Kitamura	...	(voice)
Kôji Yada	...	(voice)
Yasurô Tanaka	...	(voice)
Ryôichi Tanaka	...	(voice)
Masaharu Satô	...	(voice)
Kyôko Tongû	...	(voice)

Also Known As:

Barefoot Gen (International: English title)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Chile:14 | Australia:PG | Canada:14A | Finland:K-12 | France:-12 | India:A | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12

Company:

Mad House

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hadashi no Gen 2 (1986)

something that all American History teachers should show their students.

This is the sort of movie that I would rate up there with Schindler's list. Its haunting and powerful. This is also the sort of movie that I feel that every history teacher who teaches American History should show their students at some point in time. While some of the scenes do get a bit annoying, it still brings home the horrors of what occurred at the end of World War II. The other thing is the point of view, which was not "anti American" and doesn't try and place blame, which makes this all the more powerful.