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Barefoot Gen 2

Barefoot Gen 2

Animation · Drama · War · 1986

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.

Movie details

Barefoot Gen 2

1986 Animation · Drama · War 1h 25m

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Barefoot Gen 2?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Toshio Hirata

Written by

Hideo Takayashiki

I

Issei Miyazaki

Gen Nakaoka (voice)

K

Kei Nakamura

Masa Tadashi (voice)

M

Masaki Kouda

Ryuuta (voice)

K

Kimi Aoyama

Katsuko (voice)

Koichi Kitamura

Koichi Kitamura

Giyo Katsushiro/Matsukichi Hirayama (voice)

M

Masato Yamamoto

Donguri (voice)

M

Masumi Satou

Katsuji Musubi (voice)

Court is in session

Put Barefoot Gen 2 on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.