Barefoot_Gen_(1977_film)

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Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears

1977 Japanese film

Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears (はだしのゲン 涙の爆発, Hadashi no Gen: Namida no Bakuhatsu) is a 1977 Japanese war drama film, directed by Tengo Yamada based on the Japanese manga series by Keiji Nakazawa.[1] It is a sequel to the 1976 film Barefoot Gen and is the second live-action film based on the manga.

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Plot

Cast

  • Kazuhide Haruta as "Gen Nakaoka", Barefoot Gen, the protagonist of the story
  • Hiroshi Tanaka as "Daikichi Nakaoka", Gen's father
  • Mariko Miyagi as "Kimie Nakaoka", Gen's mother
  • Chizuko Iwahara as "Eiko Nakaoka", Gen's elder sister
  • Fumiko Abe as "Tomoko Nakaoka", Gen's youngest sister
  • Ikumi Ueno as "Ryuta"
  • Shoji Ishibashi as "Seiji Yoshida"
  • Etsuko Ichihara as "Kiyo Hayashi"
  • Keiko Takeshita as "Mikiko"
  • Keishi Takamine as "Denjiro Samejima"

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Sharp, Jasper. Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. United States, Scarecrow Press, 2011. 325.


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