Barefoot Gen (TV drama)

Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)

Starring	Ren Kobayashi Kiichi Nakai Yuriko Ishida Akiyoshi Nakao Asuka Ono Yuki Imai Kenichi Yajima Hiroko Nakajima Isamu Ichikawa Takeshi Masu Shinobu Tsuruta Hiroshi Okouchi Sakura Susumu Kobayashi Takao Toji Yoji Tanaka Taro Yamashita Jyura Matsuura Hiroki Narimiya Ryo Takehiro Murata Mitsuru Hirata B-saku Sato Kanako Fukaura Tokie Hidari Tessa Sugimoto Masanobu Katsumura Takehiko Ono
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
Production
Running time	204 minutes
Release
Original network	Fuji Television
Original release	August 10 – August 11, 2007 num_episodes =
External links
Website

Hadashi no Gen (はだしのゲン, Barefoot Gen) is a Japanese television special drama.

The drama come from the one of the popular manga "Barefoot Gen" written by Keiji Nakazawa, from his real experiences as an atomic bomb survivor.

The drama was the third special drama of the Sen no Kaze ni Natte drama special by Fuji Television in 2007.^[1]^[2]

Plot

It was during the end of the war in Hiroshima. People in Japan were facing food shortages, and air bombing day and night. But, the government and its military powers, still continued the hopeless situation, and called young people to send them to battlefields. However, people were received letters that those young people had been lost.

At that time in Japan, "Daikichi" was working as a picture drawer of Japanese footwear Geta. With his wife "Kimie", "Daikichi" worked hard to raise their four little children.

"Koji", the eldest brother, was nice and kind to his family. "Eiko", the eldest sister, was weak in health, but doing daily chores to help her family. "Gen", the naughty but cheerful kid and also nice to his family. And the youngest boy "Shinji" was a pampered child.

And "Kimie" was pregnant, so they were going to have a new family member.

When it is time to harvest the wheat from the fields outside of town, the children look forward to making bread and noodles to eat.

"Daikichi" always said to his children, "Grow up as strong as the wheat".

Cast

Ren Kobayashi as "Gen Nakaoka", the protagonist of the story called "Hadashi no Gen".
Kiichi Nakai as "Daikichi Nakaoka", Gen's father.
Yuriko Ishida as "Kimie Nakaoka", Gen's mother.
Akiyoshi Nakao as "Koji Nakaoka", Gen's elder brother.
Asuka Ono as "Eiko Nakaoka", Gen's elder sister.
Yuki Imai as "Shinji Nakaoka", Gen's younger brother.
Kenichi Yajima as a chief police officer.
Hiroko Nakajima as "Ume".
Isamu Ichikawa as a police officer "Hamada".
Kanako Fukaura as "Hanako Yoshida".
Takeshi Masu as commander "Saeki".
Shinobu Tsuruta as principal "Tanaka".
Hiroshi Okouchi as teacher "Numata".
Sakura as "Kikuyo"
Susumu Kobayashi as a docter.
Takao Toji as a master of the house.
Yoji Tanaka as a military police.
Hiroki Narimiya as "Seiji Yoshida".
Ryo as "Kiyoko Hayashi".
Takehiro Murata as "Shinsuke Takura".
Mitsuru Hirata as "docter "Yabe".
B-saku Sato as "Eizo Yoshida".
Tokie Hidari as "Setsu Hayashi".
Tetta Sugimoto as "Kosaku"
Masanobu Katsumura as Japanese Korean "Park".
Takehiko Ono as "Denjiro Samejima"
Taro Yamashita as "Tatsuo Hayasi"
Jyura Matsuura as "Takeko Hayashi"
Gaku Yamamoto as elder "Gen Nakaoka" as narrator

Crew

Original story Keiji Nakazawa
Script by Ryoichi Kimiduka
Music by Naoki Sato
Produced by Jun Masumoto, Hisao Ogura
Directed by Masaki Nishiura, Shosuke Murakami

Shooting locations

Theme song

Sen no Kaze ni Natte (a thousand winds)
- Sing by Masafumi Akikawa

DVD and soundtrack

DVD and soundtrack released on January 25, 2008, from Pony Canyon.

References

↑ "Sen no Kaze ni Natte" Fuji TV Drama Special Archived February 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Hadashi no Gen" Fuji TV Drama Special Archived June 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.

Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa

Films	Barefoot Gen (1976, live action) Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears (1977, live action) Barefoot Gen (1983, anime) Barefoot Gen 2 (1986, anime) Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima (1980, live action)

Other	Barefoot Gen (2007, TV drama)