Barefoot Gen 2

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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Toshio Hirata directed Barefoot Gen 2 in 1986. See Toshio Hirata's full filmography, where to start with Toshio Hirata, or where to go after you've seen everything by Toshio Hirata.

Barefoot Gen 2 was released in 1986 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 85 minutes.