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.
Plot
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)