Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima (はだしのゲン Part 3 ヒロシマのたたかい, Hadashi no Gen Part 3: Hiroshima no Tatakai) is a 1980 Japanese war drama film, directed by Tengo Yamada. It is the third installment in the Barefoot Gen live-action film series.
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Plot
The film follows Gen and his mother as they search for housing, work, and food, encountering other survivors, including a severely burned artist named Seiji, and dealing with the death of his sister Tomoko, ending on a note of resilience as they plant wheat and launch paper lanterns.
Cast
Jun Harada as "Gen Nakaoka", Barefoot Gen, the protagonist of the story
Mizuho Suzuki as "Daikichi Nakaoka", Gen's father
Satomi Oka as "Kimie Nakaoka", Gen's mother
Kenichi Sakuragi as "Koji Nakaoka", Gen's eldest brother
Yasufumi Hayashi as "Ryuta"
Jun Fubuki as "Sumiko Nomura"
Daigo Kusano as "Oba"
Rinichi Yamamoto as "Okauchi-kumi-cho"
Ichiro Zaitsu as "Boku-san"
Akira Nishikino as "Nakayama-sho-sa"
Shinya Ono as "Kimai-sho-sa"
Eishin Tono as "Tamikichi"