Barefoot Gen (movie)
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Related anime:
Barefoot Gen 2 (movie) (sequel)
Alternative title:
Barfuß durch Hiroshima (German)
Boso przez Hiroszimę (Polish)
Gen, Pés Descalços (Portuguese)
Gen, pojken från Hiroshima (Swedish)
Hadashi no Gen (Japanese)
Hiroshima
Босоногий Ген (Russian)
はだしのゲン (Japanese)
Genres:
drama
Themes:
historical,
World War II
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
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.
User Ratings:
390 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
83 minutes
Vintage:
1983
2006-08-08 (North America)
Premiere date:
1983-07-21 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 3
Official website:
Madhouse Studios' Barefoot Gen Page (Japanese)
Comment:
Geneon's 2006 DVD release includes both Barefoot Gen and its sequel. It is subtitled only, unlike the original VHS release.
Review:
Barefoot Gen DVD (Aug 21, 2006)
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| Barefoot Gen (DVD) 2006-08-08 (from $23.98) |
Screenplay: Keiji Nakazawa Original Manga: Keiji Nakazawa Art Director: Kazuo Oga Animation Director: Kazuo Tomisawa Sound Director: Susumu Aketagawa Director of Photography: Kinichi Ishikawa Animation Check: Miyuki Umetsu Assistant Animation Director: Nobuko Yuasa Assistant Director: Yukio Suzuki Color: Michiyo Iriomote Editing: Harutoshi Ogata Editing Assistant: Yukiko Itou Finishing: Chikako Kamata Hideko Kudo Hiroko Suzuki Hiroko Yokoyama Kouji Satou Kuniko Kishi Makoto Nishiyama Masahiko Tamaru Mayumi Kanai Naoko Oba In-Between Animation: Akemi Watanabe Akiko Matsushima Atsuko Narumi Chiaki Fujimoto Fumio Kouda Hisae Yoshino Junko Aoyama Kengo Inagaki Kimiko Murakami Kumiko Saito Kunihiko Sakurai Madoka Yasue Masako Itano Miwako Hattori Nobuyasu Kaya Rikako Mizuno Sachiko Yoneyama Shiro Okumura Tomoko Ogawa Toshio Saga Wakako Ueda Yaeko Yoshizawa Yoshihiro Kadowaki Yumiko Uematsu Key Animation: Hidetoshi Motohashi Jouji Yanase Kiyotoshi Aoi Koichi Tsuchida Kyoko Matsubara Manabu Oohashi Masato Kimura Nobumasa Shinkawa Osamu Kamijō Osamu Tsuruyama Reiko Kurihara Shigetaka Kiyoyama Takuo Nogawa Tsukasa Tannai Yasuomi Umetsu Yoshiaki Kawajiri Photography Assistant: Hitoshi Yamaguchi Production manager: Yoshimi Asari Recording: Ichiro Tsujii Scene Planning: Masao Maruyama Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi Sound Recording: Teruhiko Ohno Special Effects: Tomoji Hashizume Theme Song Arrangement: Kentaro Hada Theme Song Lyrics: Mamoru Shinzaki Theme Song Performance: HAPPY | Kae Shimamura as Junji Nishimura as Katsuji Mori as Kôichi Kitamura as Koji Mori as Tatsuya Jo as | |||
Animation: Madhouse Studios Animation Cooperation: ACT Artland Kusama Art Marchen-Sha OUTSIDE Shindo Production Studio 25 Studio Aton Studio Cockpit Studio Dub Studio Live Tamazawa Dogasha Tiger Production Laboratory: Tokyo Developing Laboratories Produced In Cooperation With: Madhouse Studios Recording Studio: Studio Aoi Sound Production: Magic Capsule | ||||
Director: Carl Macek (Streamline Pictures) Final Mix: Ernie Sheesley (Streamline Pictures) Production Coordination: Kara Redmon (Streamline Pictures) Production manager: Scott Narrie (Streamline Pictures) Publicity: Svea Macek (Streamline Pictures) Recording: Larry Hirsch (Streamline Pictures) Sound Effects: Ernie Sheesley (Streamline Pictures) Story Editor: Fred Patten (Streamline Pictures) | Catherine Battistone as Barbara Goodson as Ardwight Chamberlain Brianne Siddall Iona Morris Joyce Kurtz Kirk Thornton Michael Reynolds Mike McConnohie | |||
Distributor: Image Entertainment Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand) Optimum Releasing (UK) Recording Studio: Screenmusic Studios | ||||
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Broadcaster: TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya) | ||||
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(none) | Distributor: Kaze Sweden | |||
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