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Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen) is a Japanese historical manga series by Keiji Nakazawa, loosely based on Nakazawa's experiences as a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. The series begins in 1945 in and around Hiroshima , Japan , where six-year-old Gen Nakaoka lives with his family.
In 1945, World War II is at its peak. As Japanese cities are fire-bombed and the nation is cornered by US forces, Japan is collapsing under the immense pressure. Gen Nakaoka, a bold, free-spirited young boy, lives in Hiroshima.
Barefoot Gen: Directed by Mori Masaki. With Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris. A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Barefoot Gen: A Haunting Glimpse into the Horrors of Hiroshima Barefoot Gen, based on the autobiographical manga by Keiji Nakazawa, is a powerful and harrowing animated film that depicts the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its devastating aftermath from the perspective of a young boy named Gen.
May 22, 1973 · Looking for information on the manga Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. 1945, Japan. Gen Nakaoka is a spirited six-year-old boy who lives with his poor yet loving family in wartime Hiroshima.
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. An historical anime: Barefoot Gen tells the story of a boy's struggle to survive the nuclear fallout of the Hiroshima Bombing.
On August 6, 1945, Gen and a friend arrive at school just as a lone B-29 aircraft flies overhead and releases an atomic bomb, which destroys the city. Gen's friend is killed in the blast, while he is buried under rubble by the resulting shockwave and manages to survive.
The mundane, (yet riddled with strife), family life in Hiroshima's contrast to the immediate impact of the atomic bomb is one of the most emotionally distraught and intense moments in animation ...
Drawn from Keiji Nakazawa's true life experiences surrounding the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima during the summer of 1945, Barefoot Gen tells the story of one family's struggle to survive in the aftermath of one of World War II's defining moments.
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.
