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Barefoot Gen

Original title: Hadashi no Gen
  • 1983
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
9.7K
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Barefoot Gen (1983)
Adult AnimationAnimeHand-Drawn AnimationSeinenAnimationBiographyDramaHistoryWar

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

  • Director
    • Mori Masaki
  • Writer
    • Keiji Nakazawa
  • Stars
    • Issei Miyazaki
    • Catherine Battistone
    • Yoshie Shimamura
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    9.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mori Masaki
    • Writer
      • Keiji Nakazawa
    • Stars
      • Issei Miyazaki
      • Catherine Battistone
      • Yoshie Shimamura
    • 46User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

    Top cast41

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    Issei Miyazaki
    • Gen
    • (voice)
    Catherine Battistone
    • Gen (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Yoshie Shimamura
    • Kimie
    • (voice)
    Iona Morris
    Iona Morris
    • Kimie (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Masaki Kôda
    • Shinji
    • (voice)
    • …
    Brianne Brozey
    Brianne Brozey
    • Shinji (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • (as Brianne Siddal)
    Barbara Goodson
    Barbara Goodson
    • Ryuta (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Takao Inoue
    • Daikichi
    • (voice)
    Kirk Thornton
    Kirk Thornton
    • Daikichi (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • (as Kurk Thornton)
    Seiko Nakano
    • Eiko
    • (voice)
    Wendee Lee
    Wendee Lee
    • Eiko (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Takeshi Aono
    Takeshi Aono
    • Eizo
    • (voice)
    Michael McConnohie
    Michael McConnohie
    • Eizo
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • (as Amike McConnohie)
    • …
    Katsuji Mori
    Katsuji Mori
    • Seiji
    • (voice)
    Dan Woren
    Dan Woren
    • Seijo
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Taeko Nakanishi
    • Hana
    • (voice)
    Junji Nishimura
    • Pak
    • (voice)
    Ardwight Chamberlain
    Ardwight Chamberlain
    • Pak
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    • Director
      • Mori Masaki
    • Writer
      • Keiji Nakazawa
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews46

    Featured review
    10/10

    The horror of Hiroshima...Never so realistic

    I have to admit it. I cried, I cried a lot while watching this masterpiece of animation. The horror of the war and the apocalypse of the atomic bomb, engulfed my eyes and my soul so deep inside. It always should be remembered: the first casualty of war is innocence. Hadashi no Gen is a masterpiece, a legacy for the whole humanity. I have read many stories and talked to some survivors from the atomic bombs and I have to say that this movie is the first one that get so poignantly close to what happened on that August, 1945. The only thing I wanted to say at the end of the movie was:"I am sorry, I am sorry that I am human and that I can be so limited...I am sorry..."
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    • Jul 21, 2005
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    • Trivia
      The author of the "Barefoot Gen" manga, Keiji Nakazawa, said that 70% of the story is based on true events from his experience of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
    • Goofs
      When Gen and Shinji take a big bite from a sweet potato from each end, they are then told by Eiko to give the sweet potato to their mother. Once the sweet potato is given to her, it is whole again.
    • Quotes

      Daikichi Nakaoka: This war can't be right. But it's only the cowards like me who dare say it. If there were only a few more like us. You know, sometimes it takes more courage not to fight than to fight, to not want to kill when all around you are calling out for blood. That's real courage in my book. If you boys remember nothing else I teach you, I hope you'll remember that.

    • Crazy credits
      The closing credits run horizontally from the left side. Above the credits is footage of a paper boat lantern built sailing past multiple lanterns. After the boat has slowly vanished, the lanterns slowly turn into stars.
    • Alternate versions
      There's a slightly different version of the movie on the website Rumble. Only one change has been applied to it which is the cut to the scene where Kimie (Gen's mom) finds a dead woman on the forest.
    • Connections
      Featured in Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      Ima sugu ai ga hoshî
      Lyrics by Mori Masaki
      Music by Kentarô Haneda
      Sung by Noboru Kimura (as HARRY)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 13, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Barfuß durch Hiroshima
    • Production companies
      • Madhouse
      • Gen Productions
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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