Barefoot Gen

Drawn from Keiji Nakazaw'a true lifeexperiences surrounding the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima during the summer of1945, Barefoot Gen tells the story of one family's struggle to survive in theaftermath of one of World War II's defining moments.

As the film begins, six-year-old Gen has lived nearly his entire life in theshadow of war - a war fought in distant lands far away from the life he knewwith his family in his native Japan. Yet, nothing he had ever experienced wouldprepare him for the horrors which follow the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6,1945.

Legendary animation producer Masao Maruyama has created a critically acclaimedadaptation of Nakezawa's autobiographical graphic novel. Barefoot Gen remains avivid, poignant, powerful and authentic document of this milestone event. Inbringing Nakazawa's memories to life through animation, with haunting imagesforever etched in out minds, Maruyama has made a masterpiece and an advocacy forfuture world peace.