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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| Kanji | はだしのゲン 涙の爆発 |
| Revised Hepburn | Hadashi no Gen Namida no Bakuhatsu |
| Directed by | Tengo Yamada |
| Written by | Keiji Nakazawa |
| Based on | Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa |
| Produced by | Tengo Yamada Hisako Yamada |
| Starring | Hiroshi Tanaka Mariko Miyagi Kazuhide Haruta Ikumi Ueno Fumiko Abe Shoji Ishibashi Etsuko Ichihara Keiko Takeshita Keishi Takamine |
| Cinematography | Setsuo Kobayashi |
| Music by | Taku Izumi |
| Distributed by | Tengo Yamada |
Release date |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot edit
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Cast edit
- 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 edit
- Barefoot Gen (anime)
- Barefoot Gen (TV drama)
- Grave of the Fireflies
External links edit
- Barefoot Gen at IMDb
References edit
- ^ Sharp, Jasper. Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. United States, Scarecrow Press, 2011. 325.
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