Gen Nakaoka and his family live in Hiroshima during the final days of World War II. The family struggles through food shortages and constant air raid warnings. Gen's mother, Kimie, is pregnant and suffering from malnutrition. His sister, Eiko, helps their mother. Gen and his brother Shinji help their father, Daikichi, in the family's wheat field and try to find food for Kimie. Daikichi and Kimie realize the war is unwinnable, though they wonder why Hiroshima has been spared from the air raids which devastated other Japanese cities. Read more on Wikipedia.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Animation, Drama, Biography, History, War |
Country: | Japan |
Produced By: | Yasuteru Iwase, Keiji Nakazawa, Takanori Yoshimoto |
Directed By: | Mori Masaki |
Written By: | Keiji Nakazawa |
Cast: | Kôichi Kitamura, Joyce Kurtz, Masaharu Satô, Katsuji Mori, Kirk Thornton, Michael McConnohie, Seiko Nakano, Yasurô Tanaka, Stephen Apostolina, Ardwight Chamberlain, Brianne Brozey, Mike Reynolds, Issei Miyazaki, Wendee Lee, Carl Macek, Junji Nishimura, Taeko Nakanishi, Yoshie Shimamura, Barbara Goodson, Kôji Totani, Ai Sakuma, Kyôko Tongû, Ryôichi Tanaka, Masaki Kôda, Catherine Battistone, Tatsuya Jô, Steve Bulen, Edie Mirman, Kôzô Shioya, Kôji Yada, Naoko Watanabe, Iona Morris, Barry Stigler, Takeshi Aono, Takao Inoue, Michael Sorich, Dan Woren |
In Theaters: | Jun 13, 1992 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 23 minutes |
Production: | Madhouse, Gen Productions |