Barefoot Gen (TV series)

*Barefoot Gen*
Barefoot Gen
Starring	Ren Kobayashi; Kiichi Nakai; Yuriko Ishida; Akiyoshi Nakao; Asuka Ono; Yuki Imai; Kenichi Yajima; Hiroko Nakajima; Isamu Ichikawa; Takeshi Masu; Shinobu Tsuruta; Hiroshi Okouchi; Sakura; Susumu Kobayashi; Takao Toji; Yoji Tanaka; Taro Yamashita; Jyura Matsuura; Hiroki Narimiya; Ryo; Takehiro Murata; Mitsuru Hirata; B-saku Sato; Kanako Fukaura; Tokie Hidari; Tessa Sugimoto; Masanobu Katsumura; Takehiko Ono
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
Production
Running time	204 minutes
Original release
Network	Fuji Television
Release	August 10 2007 –; August 11 2007

Hadashi no Gen (はだしのゲン, Barefoot Gen) is a Japanese television special drama.

The drama come from the one of the popular mangas "Barefoot Gen" written by Keiji Nakazawa, from his real experiences as the atomic bomb survivor.

The drama was made as the third special drama of Sen no Kaze ni Natte drama special by Fuji Television in 2007.^[1]^[2]

Plot

It was during the end of the war in Hiroshima. People in Japan was facing food shortage, air bombing all the day and night. And the country going to lose the people, houses, every thing.

But, the government and its military powers, still continuing the hopeless situation, and calling young people to send them to the battlefields. On the other hand, people was receiving the letter that losing those young people.

At that time in Japan, "Daikichi" was working as a picture drawer of Japanese footwear Geta.

With his wife "Kimie" and "Daikichi" worked hard to raise their four little kids.

"Koji", the eldest brother, was nice and kind to his family. "Eiko", the eldest sister, was weak in health, but doing daily chores to help her familt. "Gen", the naughty but cheerful kid and also nice to his family. And the yougest boy "Shinji" pampered kid.

And "Kimie" was pregnant, so they were going to have new family member.

The wheat field outside of the town, now it's coming the harvest time, so the kids looking forward to make bread and nudols to eat.

"Daikichi" always said to his children "Glow up as strong as the wheats".

Cast

Ren Kobayashi as "Gen Nakaoka", the protagonist of the story called "Hadshi no Gen".
Kiichi Nakai as "Daikichi Nakaoka", Gen's father.
Yuriko Ishida as "Kimie Nakaoka", Gen's mother.
Akiyoshi Nakao as "Koji Nakaoka", Gen's elder brother.
Asuka Ono as "Eiko Nakaoka", Gen's elder sister.
Yuki Imai as "Shinji Nakaoka", Gen's youger brother.
Kenichi Yajima as a chief police officer.
Hiroko Nakajima as "Ume".
Isamu Ichikawa as a police officer "Hamada".
Kanako Fukaura as "Hanako Yoshida".
Takeshi Masu as commander "Saeki".
Shinobu Tsuruta as principal "Tanaka".
Hiroshi Okouchi as teacher "Numata".
Sakura as "Kikuyo"
Susumu Kobayashi as a docter.
Takao Toji as a master of the house.
Yoji Tanaka as a military police.
Hiroki Narimiya as "Seiji Yoshida".
Ryo as "Kiyoko Hayashi".
Takehiro Murata as "Shinsuke Takura".
Mitsuru Hirata as "docter "Yabe".
B-saku Sato as "Eizo Yoshida".
Tokie Hidari as "Setsu Hayashi".
Tetta Sugimoto as "Kosaku"
Masanobu Katsumura as Japanese Korean "Park".
Takehiko Ono as "Denjiro Samejima"
Taro Yamashita as "Tatsuo Hayasi"
Jyura Matsuura as "Takeko Hayashi"
Gaku Yamamoto as elder "Gen Nakaoka" as narrator

Crew

Original story Keiji Nakazawa
Script by Ryoichi Kimiduka
Music by Naoki Sato
Produced by Jun Masumoto, Hisao Ogura
Directed by Masaki Nishiura, Shosuke Murakami

Barefoot Gen (TV series)

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