Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears (1977)

Original title

はだしのゲン 涙の爆発

Directed by

Tengo Yamada

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 03m

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.

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How it feels

This film follows a young boy named Gen in the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. He struggles to survive and cope with the loss of his family amid the devastation of war.

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What happens

Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears (はだしのゲン 涙の爆発, Hadashi no Gen: Namida no Bakuhatsu) is a 1977 Japanese war drama film, directed by Tengo Yamada based on the Japanese manga series by Keiji Nakazawa. It is a sequel to the 1976 film Barefoot Gen and is the second live-action film based on the manga. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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