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Barefoot Gen

Original title: Hadashi no Gen
  • 19831983
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 23m
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Barefoot Gen (1983)
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A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
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8.2K
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    • Mori Masaki
    • Keiji Nakazawa(manga)
  • Stars
    • Issei Miyazaki(voice)
    • Catherine Battistone(English version)
    • Yoshie Shimamura(voice)
    • Mori Masaki
    • Keiji Nakazawa(manga)
  • Stars
    • Issei Miyazaki(voice)
    • Catherine Battistone(English version)
    • Yoshie Shimamura(voice)
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    • 37User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
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    Issei Miyazaki
    • Gen
    • (voice)
    Catherine Battistone
    • Gen (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Yoshie Shimamura
    • Kimie
    • (voice)
    Iona Morris
    Iona Morris
    • Kimie (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Masaki Kôda
    • Shinji
    • (voice)
    • …
    Brianne Brozey
    Brianne Brozey
    • Shinji (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • (as Brianne Siddal)
    Barbara Goodson
    Barbara Goodson
    • Ryuta (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Takao Inoue
    • Daikichi
    • (voice)
    Kirk Thornton
    Kirk Thornton
    • Daikichi (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • (as Kurk Thornton)
    Seiko Nakano
    • Eiko
    • (voice)
    Wendee Lee
    Wendee Lee
    • Eiko (1995)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Takeshi Aono
    Takeshi Aono
    • Eizo
    • (voice)
    Michael McConnohie
    Michael McConnohie
    • Eizo
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • (as Amike McConnohie)
    • …
    Katsuji Mori
    Katsuji Mori
    • Seiji
    • (voice)
    Dan Woren
    Dan Woren
    • Seijo
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Taeko Nakanishi
    • Hana
    • (voice)
    Junji Nishimura
    • Pak
    • (voice)
    Ardwight Chamberlain
    Ardwight Chamberlain
    • Pak
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
      • Mori Masaki
      • Keiji Nakazawa(manga) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Gen was named after the terms "genki" (vitality of spirit) and "genso" (element), as Keiji Nakazawa wanted him to represent the element of the human spirit.
    • Goofs
      When Gen and Shinji take a big bite from a sweet potato from each end, they are then told by Eiko to give the sweet potato to their mother. Once the sweet potato is given to her, it is whole again.
    • Quotes

      Daikichi Nakaoka: This war can't be right. But it's only the cowards like me who dare say it. If there were only a few more like us. You know, sometimes it takes more courage not to fight than to fight, to not want to kill when all around you are calling out for blood. That's real courage in my book. If you boys remember nothing else I teach you, I hope you'll remember that.

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      Featured in Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)

    User reviews37

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    Here's a little shock and awe for you
    If you haven't seen this film, make it a top priority to track it down.

    Barefoot Gen, the animated version of the autobiographical manga by Keiji Nakazawa, is an unflinching first-hand look at the result of dropping an atomic bomb on a civilian target. Comparisons to Grave of the Fireflies will abound, but for me personally Barefoot Gen was the more moving of the two. Though it centers on the effects of the atom bomb, the fact is this could be about any war, and any people. It is a story for all of humanity.

    Barefoot Gen is filled with its fair share of caricatured mannerisms, but calling it a dramedy is pushing it. There isn't much to laugh at and even when the characters act a little over-the-top, the overall effect hits its mark (strongly). What makes the story even more powerful is knowing it comes from a survivor of the attack, and the honesty with which the film doles out darker and darker shades of life in the aftermath of the bombing (including subtle things one might not think about).

    I think this along with Grave of the Fireflies belongs in every collection, even if you will only watch it once or twice, if only to show it to future generations. Its one thing to see a big explosion relating to the a-bomb in almost every other anime, but its another thing entirely to see the reality of it, and its aftermath.

    At the risk of sounding incredibly pretentious, it made me want to burn flags. Not just from one country, but from all countries... to put it another way, I wish we could be united by our common humanity.
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      • June 13, 1992 (United States)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
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      • Madhouse
      • Gen Productions
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    • 1 hour 23 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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