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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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Barefoot Gen
DVD cover
Japanese	はだしのゲン
Hepburn	Hadashi no Gen
Directed by	Tengo Yamada
Written by	Keiji Nakazawa
Based on	Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa
Produced by	Tengo Yamada
Starring	Rentarō Mikuni Sachiko Hodari Kenta Sato Hirokazu Ishimatsu Chizuko Iwahara Yotaro Komatsu Yukiya Minoshima Fumi Soganoya Jun Shimada Shinhei Sakamoto Yuko Oseki Sakae Umezu Akira Oizumi Shinji Maki
Cinematography	Sun Min An
Music by	Takeshi Shibuya
Distributed by	Tengo Yamada
Release date	January 24, 1976 (1976-01-24)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

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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

• Best Director, 1976 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

See also

• Barefoot Gen
• Barefoot Gen (anime)
• Barefoot Gen (TV Series)

External links

• Hadashi no Gen at IMDb

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