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  • 7.6/10
  • RUNTIME: 1h 23m
  • COUNTRIES: Japan
  • Subtitles: 日本語

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. Based on the acclaimed manga by Nakazawa Keiji, the author of Barefoot Gen, who was 6 years old at the time of the Hiroshima bombing, and is one of the survivors of the destruction. The bomb was responsible for the death of his father, his sister, and his brother. At the age of 6 he and his mother dug their remains out of the ruins of their home. In 1963 Nakazawa moved to Tokyo to become a manga artist, but returned to Hiroshima in 1966 to attend his mothers funeral. It was then that he learned of the true impact of the radiation from the bomb. Read More

Watch Barefoot Gen online. Featuring Issei Miyazaki and Masaki Kouda, Barefoot Gen is classified as Animation and Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.6. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Japan and was released on 1983. Barefoot Gen was directed by Junji Nishimura,Yoshiaki Kawajiri,Yasuomi Umetsu,Yukio Suzuki,Kazunobu Shimizu,Naoko Kusumi. Read Less