Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)

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Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.

• Released: 1986-06-14
• Genres: Animation, Drama, War
• Runtime: 1h 25m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 79 votes

Directed by Toshio Hirata.

Top cast

• Issei Miyazaki as Gen Nakaoka (voice)
• Kei Nakamura as Masa Tadashi (voice)
• Masaki Kouda as Ryuuta (voice)
• Kimi Aoyama as Katsuko (voice)
• Koichi Kitamura as Giyo Katsushiro/Matsukichi Hirayama (voice)
• Masato Yamamoto as Donguri (voice)
• Masumi Satou as Katsuji Musubi (voice)
• Michi Yamamoto as Dongou (voice)
• Takao Inoue as Father (voice)
• Takeshi Aono as Teacher (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Barefoot Gen 2

• United States: stream on Cineverse Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, Fawesome, Retrocrush, Plex, Plex Channel, Cineverse
• Canada: watch free on Retrocrush, Plex, Cineverse

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