Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears

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.

Barefoot Gen
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Kanjiはだしのゲン
涙の爆発
Revised HepburnHadashi no Gen
Namida no Bakuhatsu
Directed byTengo Yamada
Written byKeiji Nakazawa
Based onBarefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa
Produced byTengo Yamada
Hisako Yamada
StarringHiroshi Tanaka
Mariko Miyagi
Kazuhide Haruta
Ikumi Ueno
Fumiko Abe
Shoji Ishibashi
Etsuko Ichihara
Keiko Takeshita
Keishi Takamine
CinematographySetsuo Kobayashi
Music byTaku Izumi
Distributed byTengo Yamada
Release date
  • March 26, 1977 (1977-03-26)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

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Cast

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  • 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

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References

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