Barefoot Gen

A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

Cast

Issei Miyazaki

as Gen Nakaoka (voice)

Masaki Kouda

as Shinji Nakaoka (voice)

Seiko Nakano

as Eiko Nakaoka (voice)

Takao Inoue

as Daikichi Nakaoka (voice)

Yoshie Shimamura

as Kimie Nakaoka (voice)

Takeshi Aono

as Hidezo (voice)

Katsuji Mori

as Seiji Yoshida (voice)

Taeko Nakanishi

as Hana (voice)

Tatsuya Jo

as Narrator (voice)

Junji Nishimura

as Boku Pak (voice)

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