Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears

Barefoot Gen
DVD cover
Japanese はだしのゲン
涙の爆発
Hepburn Hadashi no Gen
Namida no Bakuhatsu
Directed by Tengo Yamada
Produced by Tengo Yamada
Hisako Yamada
Written by Keiji Nakazawa
Based on Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa
Starring Hiroshi Tanaka
Mariko Miyagi
Kazuhide Haruta
Ikumi Ueno
Fumiko Abe
Shoji Ishibashi
Etsuko Ichihara
Keiko Takeshita
Keishi Takamine
Music by Taku Izumi
Cinematography Setsuo Kobayashi
Distributed by Tengo Yamada
Release date
  • March 26, 1977 (1977-03-26)
Running time
 123 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

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.

Cast

  • Kazuhide Haruta as "Gen Nakaoka", Barefoot Gen, the protagonist of the story.
  • Hiroshi Tanaka as "Daikichi Nakaoka", Gen's father.
  • Mariko Miyagi as "Kimie Nakaoka", Gen's mother.
  • Chizuko Iwahara as "Eiko Nakaoka", Gen's elder sister.
  • Fumiko Abe as "Tomoko Nakaoka", Gen's youngest sister.
  • Ikumi Ueno as "Ryuta"
  • Shoji Ishibashi as "Seiji Yoshida"
  • Etsuko Ichihara as "Kiyo Hayashi"
  • Keiko Takeshita as "Mikiko"
  • Keishi Takamine as "Denjiro Samejima"

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