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Barefoot Gen 2 is a film of genre Drama directed by Toshio Hirata with Junji Nishimura
Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
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Add to a movie listBarefoot Gen 2 (はだしのゲン2, Hadashi no Gen 2) is a 1986 Japanese action drama anime film following the 1983 Barefoot Gen animated film, loosely based on the Japanese manga series by Keiji Nakazawa.
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Barefoot Gen 2 takes place in 1948, approximately three years after the end of the original movie, as Gen, his mother, and his adopted brother Ryuta try to survive as Hiroshima, like the rest of Japan, struggles to rebuild following the catastrophic devastation of the Second World War.Actors
Junji Nishimura
(Doctor)
Katsuji Mori
(Seiji)
Seiko Nakano
(Eiko Naoaoka, Gen's elder sister.)
Taeko Nakanishi
(Hana)
Takeshi Aono
(Teacher)
Hiroshi Ōtake
(Policeman)
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