Barefoot Gen (film)

Infobox Film
name = Barefoot Gen


caption = DVD release poster
writer = Keiji Nakazawa
starring = Issei Miyazaki as Gen
Junji Nishimura as Mr. Pak Kae Shimamura as Kimie, Mother Katsuji Mori as Seiji Yoshida Kôichi Kitamura as Landlord Koji Mori as Seiji Masaki Kouda as Ryuuta, Shinji
Seiko Nakano as Eiko
Taeko Nakanishi as Hana
Takao Inoue as Daikichi, Nakaoka, Father, Ooyoshi
Takeshi Aono as Eizou
Tatsuya Jo as Narrator
music = Kentaro Hada
Kentaroh Haneda
director = Mamoru Shinzaki
producer = unknown
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = July 21, 1983 (Japan)
June 13, 1992 (USA)
runtime = 83 min.
language = Japanese
country = Japan
followed_by = "Barefoot Gen 2" (1989)
website = | budget = $ US (est.)
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0085218

Plot

It's the summer of 1945. Three years have elapsed since the war between Japan and USA began. Gen is a young boy living a struggling yet satisfying life in the city of Hiroshima, that has been strangely spared by the bombing taken in almost every other Japanese City. Food is scarce, and Gen's family is suffering from severe malnutrition, which endangers his pregnant mother. There isn't much spare time as Gen and his little brother Shinji help their father and mother at work and try to make sure their family survives the tough times. Little do they know what the Americans have in store for the city of Hiroshima and as of 6 August 1945 their lives are about to change dramatically.

Genres

action, drama

Themes

Historical, World War II

Age rating

Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)

Alternative titles

"Barfuß durch Hiroshima" (German)
Boso przez Hiroszimę (Polish)
Gen, Pés Descalços (Portuguese)
Hadashi no Gen (Japanese)
Hiroshima
Босоногий Ген (Russian)
はだしのゲン (Japanese)

References

External links

[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=924 Anime News Network]
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085218/ IMDB]