If you loved Anne Frank's Diary, try Barefoot Gen 2

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the gut punch mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Drama / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Anne Frank's Diary, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Barefoot Gen 2 is

You're a Hiroshima survivor in 1948. You try to rebuild some life for yourself and a few war orphans. But disease is rampant. Hirata's sequel is bleaker, more concerned with lingering trauma than hope. It leaves one shaken.

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