Barefoot Gen Comments

  • Kennith 2023-02-21 18:31:11

    The special effects shots for this film are based on Rinzo Kinoshita's Pica-don...

  • Ryder 2023-01-16 15:09:18

    Although it also shows the suffering of the Japanese people in the late World War II, "Barefoot Kid" is more anti-war than "Grave of Fireflies", whether it is the father's criticism of the Japanese government and the war it launched, or the mother after Japan surrendered. The resentment that should have surrendered long ago clearly expresses the author's views on militarism. But after taking off the anti-war shell, this is actually a Japanese scarred movie. A Yuan can not help but remind me of...

  • Russell 2022-12-12 12:07:54

    Cry with laughter and live with many...

  • Kellie 2022-12-10 05:50:51

    Why don't you think it's an anti-war animation? On the contrary, there is a kind - the Yamato nation is immortal, even the atomic bomb will not defeat us! terrifying...

  • Emmanuel 2022-12-06 19:32:35

    Faced with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, even the animation can be so terrifying and shocking, a purgatory on earth without the slightest...

  • Elfrieda 2022-11-26 18:04:41

    In the first theater in 1983, Kazuo Oga, the art director, was supervised by Mazaki Mamoru, who later scripted the Phantom War, Maruyama Masao was the setting, and Kawajiri Yoshiaki, Umezu Yasomi and others participated in the original painting; about half an hour after the atomic bomb was dropped The series of animations can be said to be quite frightening, and it can be called the invasion of B-level film elements. The second theater in 1986, not...

  • Patsy 2022-10-24 18:24:58

    -Yuan: Dad, when will we be full? -Father: When the war is over, it will be fine. - Yuan: When will the war end? - Father: I think, soon, Japan has lost. -Yuan: If Japan loses, why do we keep fighting? -Father: Our current government is sick, they are all a bunch of lunatics and perverts. -Yuan: Many people say that you are "unpatriotic" because of those words just now. - Father: Yes, I am "unpatriotic", but I am proud of it. This war is for plundering and killing, it is not right at all! So...

  • Terrence 2022-10-24 16:39:15

    The description of the nuclear explosion is both true and terrifying. Alas, as the saying goes, if God does something wrong, you can still escape, but you can do it yourself, and you can't live. It is pitiful and hateful, and only those wandering souls can tell what is right or wrong in...

  • Zella 2022-10-24 13:14:31

    For civilians, being strong is the only way out of suffering. Very realistic and deep anti-war...

  • Sonia 2022-10-24 12:05:46

    "I think Japan is about to lose. Others say I'm 'unpatriotic', but I'm proud of it." "People in the government are a bunch of lunatics and perverts" "Japan has surrendered" "It's long overdue to surrender!" "Why did you die before I came back, Tomoko" (ps: the dubbing could be...

Extended Reading

Barefoot Gen quotes

  • Narration: After the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States issued an ultimatum: calling on Japan to surrender, and threatening to drop a second atomic bomb if it did not. The Japanese High Command ignored the warning. They made certain the full extent of the damage to Hiroshima was little reported. Three days later on August 9th, another B-29 appeared in the sky above the city of Nagasaki. Japan's High Command is convinced at last. On August 15th, the emperor Hirohito, in the first public address ever made by a Japanese sovereign, announced that the war was over.

  • Seijo: You idiot!

    [kicks Gen]

    Gen: WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

    Seijo: What were you trying to do, tear my skin off?

    Gen: I try to be careful but those maggots keep getting stuck to the scabs like they've been glued on!

    Seijo: I don't want to hear it!

    [kicks Gen again]

    Seijo: You'll just have to be MORE careful, you little BUZZARD!

    Gen: LISTEN HERE!

    Ryuta: You think anyone will stop me if I wring his neck?

    [rolls up sleeve]