Synopsis
During the height of World War II in 1945, Japan faces collapse as American forces close in and cities endure firebombing. Gen Nakaoka, a spirited and bold boy residing in Hiroshima, lives with his family amidst severe wartime shortages. Despite their struggles to survive, they cling to the hope that the war will conclude soon with Japan’s defeat, leaving their city untouched. Yet, their destiny is already determined by the approaching detonation of Little Boy, the US atomic bomb that will unleash a catastrophic event forever altering Japanese society.
Background
Hadashi no Gen won the Oufuji Noburou Award at the Mainichi Film Awards in 1983. The film was released on DVD as Barefoot Gen by Image Entertainment on April 27, 1999. Discotek Media remastered the film and published it on Blu-ray and DVD on December 26, 2017.
