Movie
Barefoot Gen
Overview
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Details
- Release date
- 1983-07-21
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, War, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Gen Productions, Madhouse, Tokyo Laboratory, Mushi Production
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Issei Miyazaki as Gen Nakaoka (voice)
- Masaki Kouda as Shinji Nakaoka (voice)
- Seiko Nakano as Eiko Nakaoka (voice)
- Takao Inoue as Daikichi Nakaoka (voice)
- Yoshie Shimamura as Kimie Nakaoka (voice)
- Takeshi Aono as Hidezo (voice)
- Katsuji Mori as Seiji Yoshida (voice)
- Taeko Nakanishi as Hana (voice)
- Tatsuya Jo as Narrator (voice)
- Junji Nishimura as Boku Pak (voice)
- Koichi Kitamura as Landlord (voice)
Crew
- Mori Masaki - Director
- Keiji Nakazawa - Writer
- Keiji Nakazawa - Screenplay
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