Barefoot Gen ( はははははは ) By, Mercy Swarna
Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲ
ン )
By, Mercy Swarna
Release Date : 21 July 1983
Director: Mori Masaki
Major Actors : Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Koda and
Seiko Nakano
Awards: Ofuji Noburo Award
Plot
Condition of the citizens during the war
The aftermath
Corrupted government
What lead to the dropping of the bomb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCHbF9lG3lE&list=FLVTcLL8pmrRbcwhy8zqF9rA&index=3&feature=plpp_video
Gen
Protagonist
Funny, Friendly, Loyal, Responsible,
Personality changes to cope with the circumstances.
Ryuta Kondo
Obedient, Loyal
Shinji’s look alike
Helping Gen and his mother
Always with gen like a little brother
Strengths Captivating story
Despite of being a cartoon, it
was able to portray the actual
incident.
The message was powerful
and well delivered. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t19kvUiHvAE
Weakness The language sometimes
becomes the reason of
disconnecting.
Critic Quotes
“The film places equal emphasis on the
days before the bomb, as the family
fights malnourishment in beleaguered
Japan, and on the aftermath, as Gen and
his surviving mother struggles”…Anton
Bitel
Critic Quote
“But ultimately perhaps the more manifestly “unreal”
nature of the anime format, constructed completely by hand
rather than assembled from fragments of captured or
staged reality is better suited to presenting the subjective
experiences of the A-bomb survivors”…Japer Sharp
Critic Quote
“It is this reluctant to ignore the realities of human suffering
that makes Barefoot Gen such a compelling and important
contribution both to the nuclear debate and to the records of
20th century history”…Anton Bitel
Rating
Overall I would give the
movie four and a half stars
out of five, because of the
storyline and the great use of
special effects.
Nakazawa Keiji
Work Cited Bitel, Anton. "Barefoot Gen Movie Review (1983) Review by Eye for Film.” Eye For Film: Film Reviews, Movie News and DVD Coverage. Web. 02 Feb. 2012.
<http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/reviews.php?film_id=11232>.
"Barefoot Gen (1983) - IMDb." The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Web. 30 Jan. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085218/>.
Sharp, Jasper. "Midnight Eye Review: Barefoot Gen (Hadashi No Gen, 1983, Director: Masaki MORI)." Midnight Eye - Visions of Japanese Cinema. 21 Sept. 2005. Web. 02 Feb. 2012.
<http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/barefoot-gen.shtml>.