Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.
- hiroshima
- japan
- post war
- radiation sickness
- anime
- hibakusha
- school days
- hiroshima bombing
- post-war chaos period
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Kimi Aoyama — Katsuko
- Koichi Kitamura — Giyo Katsushiro / Matsukichi Hirayama
- Masato Yamamoto — Donguri
- Masumi Satou — Katsuji Musubi
- Michi Yamamoto — Dongou
- Takao Inoue — Father
- Takeshi Aono — Teacher
- Hiroshi Otake — Policeman
- Junji Nishimura — Doctor
- Directed
- Toshio Hirata
- Written
- Hideo Takayashiki
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 76 ratings
- Studio
- Madhouse, Tokyo Laboratory, Gen Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1983Barefoot Gen
Where it starts.
Barefoot Gen 2
1986 · You’re here
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
