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Barefoot Gen

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Barefoot Gen

はだしのゲン1 Episode

It's the summer of 1945.

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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…

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Barefoot Gen is a film from 1983. Its original run is complete. This Kaidomi hub connects 2 releases and 7 characters.

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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.

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Score
7.4 / 10
Episodes
1
Status
Finished Airing
Members
17,063
Studios
MADHOUSE
Airing
21 Jul 1983 → 21 Jul 1983
Full synopsis

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.

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The cast

7 characters
Gen NakaokaGen NakaokaMainIssei Miyazaki+3 dubs
Ryuta KondoRyuta KondoMainMasaki Kouda+1 dubs
Daikichi NakaokaDaikichi NakaokaMain
Kimie NakaokaKimie NakaokaMainYoshie Shimamura+1 dubs
NarratorNarratorSupportingTatsuya Jou+1 dubs
Shinji NakaokaShinji NakaokaSupportingMasaki Kouda+1 dubs
Eiko NakaokaEiko NakaokaSupportingSeiko Nakano+1 dubs
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