Barefoot Gen ( ?????? , Hadashi no Gen ) is a 1983 anime war drama film loosely based on Japanese manga of the same name by Keiji Nakazawa. Directed by Mori Masaki, it depicts World War II in Japan from the point of view of a child who revolves around the events surrounding the Hiroshima bombing and first hand experience of the main character of the bomb.
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Plot
Gen Nakaoka and his family lived in Hiroshima during the last days of World War II. Families struggle through food shortages and constant warning of air strikes. Ms. Gen, Kimie, is pregnant and suffers from malnutrition. Her sister, Eiko, helps their mother. Gen and his brother Shinji help their father, Daikichi, in the family wheat field and try to find food for Kimie. Daikichi and Kimie realized that the war could not be won, although they wondered why Hiroshima had been spared from the air raids that destroyed other Japanese cities.
On the morning of August 6, Gen and a friend arrived at school just as the B-29s flew overhead. The plane released the bomb that destroyed the city. Gen's friend was killed in the explosion as he was buried under the rubble by the resulting shock wave. After Gen frees herself, she explores the devastated city and sees the burned and mutilated people roaming the streets. The general finds Kimie and they try to save their families, who are buried alive under their collapsed house. They were unsuccessful and Gen reluctantly obeyed Daikichi's orders to carry his mother and run like a burning house.
Gene and Kimie were taken to safety by neighbors, sir. Some time later, Kimie became a premature laborer. Gen could not find help in the burning city and was forced to help her mother in delivery. Kimie managed to give birth to a baby girl, Tomoko. That night, Gen and his mother find survivors in misery. They help them by giving them water, but the survivors die soon after they drink it.
Gen spent the next few days looking for food for his family. He discovers that soldiers are distributing rice, but arrive to find them collecting corpses before burning them in mass graves. He found a fire brigade, which characterized his character. Not long after, he found a soldier who suffered radiation poisoning and lost his hair. Gen left her in the hospital, but they can not cure her unknown disease. He then found a ration warehouse containing rice, most of which had been attacked by the explosion. She found some whole sacks of rice and brought them to her mother to eat along with some fresh vegetables. Kimie notices Gen loses her hair, which upsets her. Kimie comforted her.
On August 16, Gen (who is now bald) and Kimie dug the remains of their deceased family members from their former home. They learned that the Japanese had surrendered to the Allies, ending the war. They then took shelter in an emergency shack where they tried to live with the little rice they had. A little boy, Ryuta, tries to steal their rice, but Gen Gen is surprised to see Ryuta resemble Shinji, and after they learn that he was orphaned by a bomb, he and Kimie took him inside. Ryuta comes to call Gen "brother," who comforts her
The next day, Gen and Ryuta searched for food when Tomoko suffered from malnutrition. A man gives them a job caring for his brother, another bomb surplor, for 10 yen a day. They accepted the job regardless of his misery. Finally, the children became bored with the mistreatment, slapped the man several times and stopped. The man asks them to return, explaining to them that he is grateful that the children treat him like more than a rotting corpse. Gen tells Ryuta to tell his mother where they are, and he spends the night with the man, who inspires him to paint once more. The brother paid them 100 yen and the children went for milk for Tomoko. When they returned home, they discovered that Tomoko had died. Tomoko's body was then burned in a pile of wood and Gen, angry and frustrated, called out to his father for guidance.
Despite hearing that no grass had grown on Hiroshima for seventy years, Gen and Ryuta discovered that wheat was starting to grow, and Gen was excited to find her hair also grow again. Gen remembers how his father told them no matter how much grain was beaten, it always grows back, and that his children should be like wheat. In his new optimism, Gen remembers the promise he made to Shinji taking him to the river after school, and therefore, he built a new wooden boat, putting a candle on it. Two weeks after the bomb, Gen takes Ryuta and his mother to the river, where they light a candle and release the boat. They then watched and prayed as the boat gently sailed into the sunset.
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Cast
Steve Bulen, Kurtz, McConnohie, Mike Reynolds, and Woren gave an additional English version of the film.
Release
Barefoot Gen was released in Japan in 1983 where it was distributed by Herald Enterprises. It was released in the United States on June 13, 1992.
See also
- Barefoot Gen
- Barefoot Gen 2 (The 1986 sequel to this movie)
- Tomb of the Fireflies
References
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External links
- Barefoot Gen on IMDb
- Barefoot Gen (anime) in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
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