Barefoot Gen
Hadashi no Gen / Gen of Hiroshima / Boso przez Hiroszimę / Barfuß durch Hiroshima / Barfuss durch HiroshimaSummary
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)
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- Format
- Movie
- Number of Episodes
- 1
- Length
- 83 min
- Season
- Summer 1983
- Start date
- July 21, 1983
- End date
- July 21, 1983
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- MADHOUSE
- Romaji title
- Hadashi no Gen
- English title
- Barefoot Gen
- Native title
- はだしのゲン
- Other titles
- Gen of Hiroshima · Boso przez Hiroszimę · Barfuß durch Hiroshima · Barfuss durch Hiroshima
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Characters 6
Main characters
- Ryuta Kondo隆太Main
- Kimie Nakaoka君江Main
- Gen Nakaoka元Main
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- Shinji Nakaoka進次Supporting
- Eiko Nakaoka英子Supporting
- NarratorナレーターBackground
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Mori MasakiDirector
- Keiji NakazawaOriginal creator
- Kazuo TomizawaCharacter design
- Kentarou HanedaMusic
- Kazuo OgaArt director
- Susumu AketagawaSound director
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- Carl MacekADR Director (English)
- Carl MacekProducer (English)
- Mori MasakiTheme Song Lyrics (OP, ED)
- Yasuteru IwaseProducer
- Keiji NakazawaProduction
- Kazuo TomizawaAnimation Director
- Kinichi IshikawaDirector of Photography
- Reiko KuriharaKey Animation
- Itaru SaitouKey Animation
- Kentarou HanedaTheme Song Arrangement (OP, ED)
- Hideyuki MotohashiKey Animation
- Keiji NakazawaScript
- Kentarou HanedaTheme Song Composition (OP, ED)
- Yasuomi UmetsuKey Animation
- Masao MaruyamaDesign
- Noboru KimuraTheme Song Performance (OP, ED)
- Toshio HirataAssistant Unit Director
- Kiyotoshi AoiKey Animation
- Yukio SuzukiAssistant Director