Barefoot Gen
Also known as: Hadashi no Gen / はだしのゲン
Barefoot Gen is a movie by MADHOUSE that premiered in Summer 1983. It is finished airing with 1 episodes of about 83 minutes each. Genres: Drama. Average AniList score: 7.4/10.
Synopsis
It's the summer of 1945. 3 years have elapsed since the war between Japan and USA began. Gen is a young boy living a struggling yet satisfying life in the city of Hiroshima, that has been strangely spared by the bombing taken in almost every other Japanese City. Food is scarce, and Gen's family is suffering from severe malnutrition, which endangeres his pregnant mother. There isn't much spare time as Gen and his little brother Shinji help their father and mother at work and try to make sure their family survives the tought times. Little do they know, what the Americans have in store for the city of Hiroshima and as of the 6th of August 1945, their lives are about to change dramatically.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Barefoot Gen episodes
- Episode 1: Complete Movie — aired July 21, 1983
Main characters
- Gen Nakaoka (Main) — voiced by Issei Miyazaki
- Ryuta Kondo (Main) — voiced by Masaki Kouda
- Kimie Nakaoka (Main) — voiced by Yoshie Shimamura
- Shinji Nakaoka (Supporting) — voiced by Masaki Kouda
- Eiko Nakaoka (Supporting) — voiced by Seiko Nakano
- Narrator (Background) — voiced by Tatsuya Jou
Related anime
- Sequel: Barefoot Gen 2
Anime like Barefoot Gen
- Grave of the Fireflies (1988) — movie
- In This Corner of the World (2016) — movie
- Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009) — TV series
- Who's Left Behind? (1991) — movie
- Giovanni's Island (2014) — movie
- NAGASAKI 1945: Angelus no Kane (2005) — movie
- Journey to Hiroshima (1994) — OVA
- Pika Don — movie
Genres: Drama · Season: Summer 1983