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‘Barefoot Gen’: The Horrifying, Must-Watch Atomic Bomb Film from the Japanese POV

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The 1980s anime “Barefoot Gen” tells the story of the bombing on Hiroshima exactly 40 years before Christopher Nolan’s film about the man who made the horrendous weapon itself.

Barry Levitt
Barry Levitt 

Freelance Writer

A photo illustration made up of stills from the movie Barefoot Gen
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Streamline Pictures
Barry Levitt

Barry Levitt

Freelance Writer

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