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Barefoot Gen is a film of genre Drama with Junji Nishimura
Barefoot Gen (1983)
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Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen) is a war drama anime loosely based on the Japanese manga series of the same name by Keiji Nakazawa. Directed by Mori Masaki and released in 1983, it depicts World War II in Japan from a child's point of view revolving around the events surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and the main character's first hand experience of the bomb.
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The story begins on August 4, 1945, in Hiroshima with the everyday life of Gen Nakaoka, his younger brother Shinji, their father Daikichi, elder sister Eiko, and pregnant mother Kimie, during the final days of World War II.Actors
Junji Nishimura
(Boku Pak (voice))
Katsuji Mori
("Seiji Yoshida")
Seiko Nakano
("Eiko Naoaoka", Gen's elder sister.)
Takeshi Aono
(Hidezo (voice))
Barbara Goodson
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