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User Rating:
8.3/10   1,470 votes
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Director:
Mori Masaki
Writer:
Keiji Nakazawa (writer)
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Release Date:
13 June 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Drama | War more
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
something that all American History teachers should show their students. more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Barefoot Gen (International: English title)
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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 more

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Featured in Hadashi no Gen 2 (1986) more

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21 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
something that all American History teachers should show their students., 31 July 2001
Author: mahldcat from Portland Oregon

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.

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