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Kana | はだしのゲン |
Revised Hepburn | Hadashi no Gen |
Directed by | Tengo Yamada |
Written by | Keiji Nakazawa |
Based on | Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa |
Produced by | Tengo Yamada |
Starring | Rentarō Mikuni Sachiko Hodari Kenta Sato Hirokazu Ishimatsu Chizuko Iwahara Yotaro Komatsu Yukiya Minoshima Fumi Soganoya Jun Shimada Shinhei Sakamoto Yuko Oseki Sakae Umezu Akira Oizumi Shinji Maki |
Cinematography | Sun Min An |
Music by | Takeshi Shibuya |
Distributed by | Tengo Yamada |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
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