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Barefoot Gen
Barefoot Gen

Barefoot Gen

The Bombing of Hiroshima as Seen Through the Eyes of a Boy.

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AnimationDramaWarHistory

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A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

83 mins

Rating

7.514/10

Release Date

21 July 1983

Country

Japan

Cast

Issei Miyazaki

Issei Miyazaki

Gen Nakaoka (voice)

Masaki Kouda

Masaki Kouda

Shinji Nakaoka (voice)

Seiko Nakano

Seiko Nakano

Eiko Nakaoka (voice)

Takao Inoue

Takao Inoue

Daikichi Nakaoka (voice)

Yoshie Shimamura

Yoshie Shimamura

Kimie Nakaoka (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

Hidezo (voice)

Katsuji Mori

Katsuji Mori

Seiji Yoshida (voice)

Taeko Nakanishi

Taeko Nakanishi

Hana (voice)

Tatsuya Jo

Tatsuya Jo

Narrator (voice)

Junji Nishimura

Junji Nishimura

Boku Pak (voice)

Koichi Kitamura

Koichi Kitamura

Landlord (voice)

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