Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲ

ン )

By, Mercy Swarna

Release Date : 21 July 1983

Director: Mori Masaki

Major Actors : Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Koda and

Seiko Nakano

Awards: Ofuji Noburo Award

Plot

Condition of the citizens during the war

The aftermath

Corrupted government

What lead to the dropping of the bomb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCHbF9lG3lE&list=FLVTcLL8pmrRbcwhy8zqF9rA&index=3&feature=plpp_video

Gen

Protagonist

Funny, Friendly, Loyal, Responsible,

Personality changes to cope with the circumstances.

Ryuta Kondo

Obedient, Loyal

Shinji’s look alike

Helping Gen and his mother

Always with gen like a little brother

Strengths Captivating story

Despite of being a cartoon, it

was able to portray the actual

incident.

The message was powerful

and well delivered. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t19kvUiHvAE

Weakness The language sometimes

becomes the reason of

disconnecting.

Critic Quotes

“The film places equal emphasis on the

days before the bomb, as the family

fights malnourishment in beleaguered

Japan, and on the aftermath, as Gen and

his surviving mother struggles”…Anton

Bitel

Critic Quote

“But ultimately perhaps the more manifestly “unreal”

nature of the anime format, constructed completely by hand

rather than assembled from fragments of captured or

staged reality is better suited to presenting the subjective

experiences of the A-bomb survivors”…Japer Sharp

Critic Quote

“It is this reluctant to ignore the realities of human suffering

that makes Barefoot Gen such a compelling and important

contribution both to the nuclear debate and to the records of

20th century history”…Anton Bitel

Rating

Overall I would give the

movie four and a half stars

out of five, because of the

storyline and the great use of

special effects.

Nakazawa Keiji

Work Cited Bitel, Anton. "Barefoot Gen Movie Review (1983) Review by Eye for Film.” Eye For Film: Film Reviews, Movie News and DVD Coverage. Web. 02 Feb. 2012.

<http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/reviews.php?film_id=11232>.

"Barefoot Gen (1983) - IMDb." The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Web. 30 Jan. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085218/>.

Sharp, Jasper. "Midnight Eye Review: Barefoot Gen (Hadashi No Gen, 1983, Director: Masaki MORI)." Midnight Eye - Visions of Japanese Cinema. 21 Sept. 2005. Web. 02 Feb. 2012.

<http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/barefoot-gen.shtml>.