Gen's friend is killed in the blast while he is buried under rubble by the resulting shockwave. It releases an atomic bomb which destroys almost the entire city. One day, Gen and a friend arrive at school just as a lone B-29 aircraft flies overhead. Daikichi and Kimie realize the war is not going well, though they wonder why Hiroshima has been spared from the air raids which devastated other Japanese cities. Gen and his brother Shinji help their father, Daikichi, in the family's wheat field and try to find food for Kimie. Gen's mother, Kimie, is pregnant and suffering from malnutrition, and his sister Eiko helps Kimie in her housework. The family struggles through food shortages and constant air raid warnings. Gen Nakaoka and his family live in Hiroshima during the final days of World War II. Directed by Mori Masaki and starring Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Kōda and Tatsuya Jo, it depicts World War II in Japan from a child's point of view revolving around the events surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and the main character's first hand experience of the bomb.īarefoot Gen was dubbed by Streamline Pictures in 1995, and was previously released in subbed format in the United States on June 13, 1992.Ī sequel, Barefoot Gen 2, was released on June 14, 1986.

Barefoot Gen ( はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen) is a 1983 Japanese adult animated war drama film loosely based on the Japanese manga series of the same name by Keiji Nakazawa.

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