Barefoot_Gen_(1976_film)

<i>Barefoot Gen</i> (1976 film)

Barefoot Gen (1976 film)

1976 Japanese film

Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen) is a 1976 Japanese war drama film, directed by Tengo Yamada based on the Japanese manga series of the same name. The film is set in 1945 and tells the story of the six-year-old boy Gen Nakaoka, living in Hiroshima around the time of the US atomic bombing of the city.

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Plot

Cast

  • Kenta Sato as "Gen Nakaoka", Barefoot Gen, the protagonist of the story
  • Rentarō Mikuni as "Daikichi Nakaoka", Gen's father
  • Sachiko Hodari as "Kimie Nakaoka", Gen's mother
  • Yotaro Komatsu as "Koji Nakaoka", Gen's eldest brother
  • Chizuko Iwahara as "Eiko Nakaoka", Gen's elder sister
  • Yukiya Minoshima as "Akira Nakaoka", Gen's elder brother
  • Hirokazu Ishimatsu as "Shinji Nakaoka", Gen's younger brother
  • Fumi Soganoya as "Denjiro Samejima"
  • Jun Shimada as "Boku-san"
  • Shinhei Sakamoto as teacher "Kishi"
  • Yuko Oseki as teacher "Osato"
  • Sakae Umezu as teacher "Hirose"
  • Akira Oizumi as teacher "Numata"
  • Shinji Maki as "Horikawa"

Awards

See also

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