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Barefoot Gen (1983) More at IMDbPro »Hadashi no Gen (original title)

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Director:
Mori Masaki
Writer:
Keiji Nakazawa (writer)
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Release Date:
13 June 1992 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Animation | Drama | War See more »
Tagline:
The Bombing Of Hiroshima As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Boy.
Plot:
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
1 win See more »
User Reviews:
Moving, disturbing, endearing. See more (20 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)
Issei Miyazaki ... Gen Nakaoka (voice)
Masaki Kôda ... Shinji Nakaoka / Ryuta Kondo (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)
Junji Nishimura ... Boku Pak (voice)
Kôichi Kitamura ... (voice)
Kôji Yada ... (voice)
Yasurô Tanaka ... (voice)
Ryôichi Tanaka ... (voice)
Masaharu Satô ... (voice)
Kyôko Tongû ... (voice)
Kôzô Shioya ... (voice)
Ai Sakuma ... (voice)
Kôji Totani ... (voice)
Akie Yasuda ... (voice)
Naoko Watanabe ... (voice)
Kenichi Yoshikawa ... (voice)
Hiroshi Waseda ... (voice)
Kazumi Shinohara ... (voice)
Tatsuya Jô ... Narration (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Catherine Battistone ... Gen Nakaoka (voice: English version)
Ardwight Chamberlain ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)

Barbara Goodson ... Kimie Nakaoka (voice: English version)
Joyce Kurtz ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Wendee Lee ... Shinji Nakaoka / Eiko Nakaoka / Ryuta Kondo (voice: English version)

Michael McConnohie ... Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Mike McConnohie)
Iona Morris ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mike Reynolds ... Old Man (voice: English version)
Brianne Siddall ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dan Woren ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
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Directed by
Mori Masaki  (as Mamoru Shinzaki)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Keiji Nakazawa  writer

Produced by
Yasuteru Iwase .... producer
Keiji Nakazawa .... producer
Takanori Yoshimoto .... producer
 
Original Music by
Kentaro Haneda 
 
Cinematography by
Kinichi Ishikawa 
 
Film Editing by
Harutoshi Ogata 
 
Art Direction by
Kazuo Oga 
 
Production Management
Yoshimi Asari .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yukio Suzuki .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Susumu Akitagawa .... sound director (as Susumu Aketagawa)
Shizuo Kurahashi .... sound effects
Teruhiko Ohno .... sound recordist
Ichiro Tsujii .... sound recordist
 
Special Effects by
Tomoji Hashizume .... special effects
 
Animation Department
Hiromi Andô .... background artist
Kiyotoshi Aoi .... key animator
Katsushi Aoki .... background artist
Junko Aoyama .... inbetween animator
Nobumasa Arakawa .... key animator
Nobuko Burnfield .... assistant animation director (as Nobuko Yuasa)
Chiaki Fujimoto .... inbetween animator
Miwako Hattori .... inbetween animator
Yuji Ikehata .... background artist
Kengo Inagaki .... inbetween animator
Masako Itano .... inbetween animator
Yoshihiro Kadowaki .... inbetween animator
Osamu Kamijô .... key animator
Yoshiaki Kawajiri .... key animator
Nobuyasu Kaya .... inbetween animator
Masato Kimura .... key animator
Shigetaka Kiyoyama .... key animator
Miyuki Kudo .... background artist
Reiko Kurihara .... key animator
Fumio Kôda .... inbetween animator
Kyoko Matsubara .... key animator
Akiko Matsushima .... inbetween animator
Rikako Mizuno .... inbetween animator
Hideyuki Motohashi .... key animator
Kimiko Murakami .... inbetween animator
Atsuko Narumi .... inbetween animator
Takuo Noda .... key animator
Tomoko Ogawa .... inbetween animator
Shirô Okumura .... inbetween animator
Toshio Saga .... inbetween animator
Itaru Saitô .... key animator
Kumiko Saitô .... inbetween animator
Kunihiko Sakurai .... inbetween animator
Tsukasa Tannai .... key animator
Kazuo Tomisawa .... animation director
Kazuo Tomisawa .... character designer
Kôichi Tsuchida .... key animator
Osamu Tsuruyama .... key animator
Wakako Ueda .... inbetween animator
Yumiko Uematsu .... inbetween animator
Miyuki Umetsu .... animation checker
Yasuomi Umetsu .... key animator
Akemi Watanabe .... inbetween animator
Akira Yamagawa .... background artist (as Akira Yamakawa)
Jôji Yanase .... key animator
Madoka Yasue .... inbetween animator
Sachiko Yoneyama .... inbetween animator
Yôko Yoshida .... background artist
Hisae Yoshino .... inbetween animator
Yaeko Yoshizawa .... inbetween animator
Manabu Ôhashi .... key animator
 
Editorial Department
Yukiko Ito .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Toshio Hirata .... cooperative director
Kazuyuki Hirokawa .... cooperative director
Masao Maruyama .... scene planner
Masahiro Otake .... production coordinator
Kazunobu Shimizu .... production coordinator
Hitoshi Yamaguchi .... photographic assistant
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Hadashi no Gen" - Japan (original title)
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Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
83 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono | Dolby Digital (DVD Release)
Certification:
Chile:14 | Australia:PG | Canada:14A | Finland:K-12 | France:-12 | India:A | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12
Company:
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Did You Know?

Quotes:
Kimie Nakaoka:[desperately looking for someone to feed her baby] Please, isn't there anybody who can help me with just a little milk? My baby's starving.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)See more »

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User Reviews

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8 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Moving, disturbing, endearing., 27 December 2005
Author: usher-john from United Kingdom

You'll be surprised, this is testimony to the power of 'old style' animation, you need more than Computer Generated images to make a great film. Even with it's basic arrangements barefoot gen managed to shock me by its ability to capture all the horror, confusion and devastation delivered by the atomic bomb.

I found this movie informative but disturbing. I have heard it being described as a tragicomedy. I think this is a fitting description but just be prepared because it really does make giant leaps from the genuinely tragic and sad to light heartedness. You won't know whether to laugh or cry. Actually, you will. A little cry would be totally justified so have a hanky at the ready and don't watch it with your mates from down the pub.

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do they show peoples skin melting off like in the graphic novel? spicy_mchaggis-2
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