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(Synopsis)
On August 6th, 1945, Nakazawa Keiji survived the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima. Like his hero, Gen, he was then a first grader in elementary school and lost half of his family. He could never forget what he witnessed and experienced. In 1973, he began a comic series, "Hadashi no gen" (Barefoot Gen), in the weekly "Shonen Jump", a boy's magazine. Despite the seriousness of the theme, not in harmony with the nature of the magazine, the series won much acclaim by critics and the public. It was also printed as a series of books, and, to date, nine volumes have been published.
Barefoot Gen is the story of a young boy who lives through the dropping of the bomb at Hiroshima. It introduces all Americans to that historical bombing from the view of the people it had the most effect on---the ones who lived through it. Parents may want to watch this film before allowing younger children to watch it due to the graphic nature of the bomb exploding as well as the aftereffects. When the bomb explodes, the effects of the heat blast are shown in vivid detail. People walk around afterward with flesh hanging limply off them. Even though these scenes are extremely graphic, it actually shows more of what living through the bombing at Hiroshima was like. Mr. Nakazawa considers the Barefoot Gen series his life work. "I firmly believe," he says, "that we should not forget our hatred for wars and such bombs which ruthlessly destroy the very foundation of our existence."
Dialogue : Japanese/English
Running Time : 90 Mins
Series Type : Movie
Subtitle : English/Chinese
Publisher : MAC
Release Year : 1983
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