Barefoot Gen (1976)
- Original title
- はだしのゲン
- Directed by
- Tengo Yamada
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows a six-year-old boy named Gen Nakaoka in Hiroshima just before and after the atomic bombing. It shows the destruction and his struggle to survive in the aftermath.
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What happens
Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen) is a 1976 Japanese war drama film, directed by Tengo Yamada based on the Japanese manga series of the same name. The film is set in 1945 and tells the story of the six-year-old boy Gen Nakaoka, living in Hiroshima around the time of the US atomic bombing of the city. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Kinkakuji (1976)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.