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Barefoot Gen
19831h 23m7.6 / 10
The bombing of Hiroshima as seen through the eyes of a young boy.
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Synopsis
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Cast, crew and production details
About Barefoot Gen
Cast
Issei MiyazakiGen Nakaoka (voice)
Masaki KoudaShinji Nakaoka (voice)
Seiko NakanoEiko Nakaoka (voice)Takao InoueDaikichi Nakaoka (voice)
Yoshie ShimamuraKimie Nakaoka (voice)
Takeshi AonoHidezo (voice)
Katsuji MoriSeiji Yoshida (voice)
Taeko NakanishiHana (voice)Credits
- Directed by
- Mori Masaki
- Written by
- Keiji Nakazawa, Keiji Nakazawa
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- はだしのゲン
- Collection
- Barefoot Gen (Animated) Collection
Production
- Gen Productions
MadhouseJapan
Tokyo LaboratoryJapan
Mushi ProductionJapan
Themes
adult animationanimebased on comicbased on mangabombbombingchildren in wartimehiroshima and nagasaki bombingshiroshima bombinghiroshima, japannuclearnuclear warfarepost-war chaos periodradiation sickness
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