Barefoot Gen (1983)
はだしのゲン
"The bombing of Hiroshima as seen through the eyes of a young boy."
ThumbScore
👍 85%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 75%
(RT: 75%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Issei Miyazaki as Gen Nakaoka (voice)
Masaki Kouda as Shinji Nakaoka (voice)
Seiko Nakano as Eiko Nakaoka (voice)
Takao Inoue as Daikichi Nakaoka (voice)
Yoshie Shimamura as Kimie Nakaoka (voice)
Katsuji Mori as Seiji Yoshida (voice)
Taeko Nakanishi as Hana (voice)
Is Barefoot Gen good?
Yes. 85% audience score, estimated from 273 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 75%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
Overview
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. Wikipedia ↗
