“The bombing of Hiroshima as seen through the eyes of a young boy.”
Barefoot Gen
7.6
256 votes·1983
·1h 23m
·MovieAnimationDramaWarHistory
Overview
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Keywords
bombworld war iihiroshima, japanbased on comicbased on mangabombingnuclearadult animationradiation sicknessnuclear warfareanimechildren in wartime
Cast
Issei Miyazaki
Gen Nakaoka (voice)
Masaki Kouda
Shinji Nakaoka (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)
Tatsuya Jo
Narrator (voice)
Junji Nishimura
Boku Pak (voice)
Koichi Kitamura
Landlord (voice)
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