Movie
Barefoot Gen 2
Overview
Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.
Details
- Release date
- 1986-06-14
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Madhouse, Tokyo Laboratory, Gen Productions
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Issei Miyazaki as Gen
- Kei Nakamura as Masa Tadashi
- Masaki Kouda as Ryuuta
- Kae Shimamura as Mother
- Kimi Aoyama as Katsuko
- Koichi Kitamura as Giyo Katsushiro / Matsukichi Hirayama
- Masato Yamamoto as Donguri
- Masumi Satou as Katsuji Musubi
- Michi Yamamoto as Dongou
- Takao Inoue as Father
- Takeshi Aono as Teacher
- Hiroshi Otake as Policeman
Crew
- Toshio Hirata - Director
- Hideo Takayashiki - Screenplay
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