Barefoot Gen (1983)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
The bombing of Hiroshima as seen through the eyes of a young boy.
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
- Released: 1983-07-21
- Genres: Animation, Drama, War, History
- Runtime: 1h 23m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 272 votes
Directed by Mori Masaki.
Top cast
- Issei Miyazaki as Gen Nakaoka (voice)
- Masaki Kouda as Shinji Nakaoka (voice)
- Seiko Nakano as Eiko Nakaoka (voice)
- Takao Inoue as Daikichi Nakaoka (voice)
- Yoshie Shimamura as Kimie Nakaoka (voice)
- Takeshi Aono as Hidezo (voice)
- Katsuji Mori as Seiji Yoshida (voice)
- Taeko Nakanishi as Hana (voice)
- Tatsuya Jo as Narrator (voice)
- Junji Nishimura as Boku Pak (voice)
Where to watch Barefoot Gen
- United States: stream on RetroCrush Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, Fawesome, Retrocrush, Plex, Plex Channel, Cineverse; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
- Canada: watch free on Retrocrush, Plex, Cineverse
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