Steve Reviews: Barefoot Gen

This week Steve Reviews the much requested movie Barefoot Gen. A 1983 anime movie which takes us through the lives of Gen and his family as they struggle to survive in Hiroshima during the Second World War.
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[@SteveReviews]

What's your personal favourite out of the two films? Barefoot Gen or Grave of the Fireflies?

[@annarusson3999]

I like studio ghibli a lot so fireflies probably

[@MetaLatias5]

I prefer Barefoot Gen

[@Randomeline]

I prefer Grave of the Fireflies; the animation is (in my opinion) nicer to look at, and I felt more emotionally connected to those character.

[@romell.d4953]

Deajvu ...

[@Eco419]

Both

[@Lafillesansnomdu78]

What always sticks with me about this story is that Gen/the author survived the blast because he happened to duck at that moment, whilst his friend f*ing melted next to him...

[@obsidianv3]

Maybe those duck and cover videos had a good point.

[@CheerfullyNihilistic]

I'm reading a book about survivors of this event. This man survived because the jumped behind a big bolder in a rock garden. And a doctor survived because he dropped a syringe so he bent down to retrieve it and then the blast happened. Dropping that syringe is what kept him from getting too hurt. And allowed him to help those that did. (Most of them still died)

[@jadenbryant9283]

Mexica Star that’s real right you’re not joking

[@CheerfullyNihilistic]

@@jadenbryant9283 real read hiroshima by john hersey

[@CrudeConduct666]

If that was true he would have died. Bullshit.

[@johano-go]

Fun fact: they actually had to _tone down_ the gruesomeness from the manga...

[@lordmuggles15]

yeah uhhh wtf

[@jxpd7898]

Tone down!?, damn

[@johano-go]

@@jxpd7898 Yup. Read it. It's an... experience.

[@millardfillmore2869]

YasuTheSwede, Really?

[@johano-go]

@@millardfillmore2869 Yup. In the manga you get to see the family actually being burned to death.

[@ryenpdf]

The “it burns!” Line really fucked me up.... Jesus christ

[@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438]

Nuke shares same brutality to the holocaust and nanking massacre

[@RB01.10]

@@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438 No, these bombs forced Japan to surrender and ended WWII. Yes, it was horrible what the people experienced, but we didn’t know the after effects of the radiation afterwards.

[@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438]

@@RB01.10 so are I saying it didn't matter because you didn't know what the nuke's radiation would do? it's a giant bomb that itself is a genocide you murder supporter

[@RB01.10]

@@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438 Hey, the war ended right after. I gave my opinion, and you gave yours on the bombs. I can concede that whether dropping the bombs was a right or wrong thing to do will never be answered, as it is such a divisive issue. Read "Countdown 1945" by Chris Wallace. It gives a thorough review of the events and aftermath of the bombs.

[@calebcalhoun9847]

@@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438 Yeah, as horrible as it was, that was nowhere near genocide.

[@emotrash8229]

Ah you forgot the scene where gen and his mother try to give water to some people who are badly burned, not knowing the water was full of radiation and poison. Which leads to a lovely, family friendly scene.

[@sweetberry9816]

There was also a part where the mother was walking around asking for any one of the other survivors, who were mothers to help breastfeed her baby. One part of that whole thing that still haunts me, is that she saw a dead mother laying against a tree (I think it was a tree) with the dead mothers baby still alive trying to nurse. The whole film after I've seen it, completely changed my perspective on what happened that day.

[@RB01.10]

@@sweetberry9816 What happened was horrible, yes. But we didn’t know about the after effects of the bombs yet. The outcome was positive (to a degree, I’m not saying killing innocent people is ever okay) though, as both bombs forced Japan to surrender, and WWII ended. We also helped them rebuild afterwards as well. Read Chris Wallace’s “Countdown 1945”, it’s a well written account of the events leading up to the bombing and about what our men saw fighting the Japanese. I feel it doesn't take a side though as it shares both moral perspectives of the bombs.

[@alecvip7562]

Can someone link a video of this?

[@thejointtalk2510]

@@RB01.10 Yea, you're heartless as an American we in the wrong to target civilians and i feel as though 9/11 was just a little karma for all the fuck up things we did in the past

[@RB01.10]

@@thejointtalk2510 Fact is we helped take down Nazi Germany and Japan which ended the war. Japan wasn’t exactly known for surrendering either. I’ve read accounts that they’d rather die than surrender. Remember Kamakazies? They didn’t even surrender after the first bomb was dropped despite seeing their whole city wiped out. They’d rather have their own people die first. War isn’t pretty, but sometimes things have to be done to end it, which the bombs did. Plus, we truly didn’t know about the after effects of the radiation. But we made sure it would never happen again, as well as helping rebuild Japan.

[@utsavman47]

The mother's face when tomoko dies is just down right haunting.

[@rebeccagibbs4128]

i was so relieved when the poor mother of the dead baby didn't kill tomoko, they lured me into a false sense of security then BAM. Powerful film

[@T_E_G]

Gives you the sense of that dissapointing emotion: *No...*

[@YaboyKry0]

Its just heart breaking im still crying😯😯😯😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@What____778]

Rako Hugi not really

[@kylejones1532]

Shit is heartbreaking...

[@Argonwolfproject]

The movie and manga were based heavily, if not entirely, on the author's memory of what happened to him at Hiroshima. The inconsistent tone I find is actually more powerful because it shows you just how fast these people's lives were made into a living hell, and I'm assuming the author's actual brother and family died in the fire like they did in this film. Reality doesn't care for narrative or storytelling merit, it is cold and forever marching onward. Also, the bomb dropping scene having no sound could have been for dramatic effect, but people who survived the bomb often described it as if it "sucked the sound out of the air".

[@RunikaMori]

You're confusing this for the manga "Ore wa Mita/I Saw It" by the same author, which is more directly autobiographical although Barefoot Gen has a lot of similarities (only the author's older brother and mother survived with the baby dying of malnutrition, his father was going to teach him to paint, etc.) It was distributed in english as well for educational purposes.

[@earthsteward70]

Doesn't surprise me, I'd imagine 600 mile an hour winds to cause a bit of a vacuum.

[@satrickptar6265]

@Matthew Chenault And guess what, the victims' shadows are still noticeable even today. Terrifying as it sounds.

[@schwarzeseis4031]

@Matthew Chenault "It’s not just anti-war, " At this point, you don't have to go anti-war. Just show things as they are.

[@Onyxkokoro96]

@@bootyhutjr.s5076 so dark. Holy hell that's so dark!

[@efoxkitsune9493]

If you ever make a trip to Hiroshima, I strongly recommend visiting the museum of the bomb. It's an absolutely haunting but very powerful experience, and even though it takes a strong stomach, I think people really need to be exposed to these things to make sure history never repeats itself. I visited the museum twice and I cried both times. It's horrifying but definitely worth seeing. One of the best things about the exhibition is that it's not in any way political. It doesn't point fingers, it doesn't throw blame around, it doesn't play on "good guys / bad guys." It simply shows the horrors and the impact on normal people; the overwhelming message of the whole Hiroshima memorial is "this must never happen again."

[@plantainman7664]

@Cpt Falcon i agree. We just gotta hope it doesnt happen again..cause if it does the entire planet is fucked. Those bombs are a shocking realisation that all it takes is one aircraft with one bomb to level you entire city. Its sad really

[@apieceoftoast768]

That's why I'm disgusted by people that want to silence and shut down places about these kind of dark pages of history, just because they don't like to see it or be reminded of it and rather pretend it never happened. It has to exist, so that generations in the future won't feel so alienated from it that they'll repeat the same horrors again.

[@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320]

what Japan did to China was ten times worse. On the other hand, their civilian populace was not to blame. The nukes should have been dropped on the emperor and the military instead, but America isn't exactly in the business of exacting real justice is it.

[@silvadossantos6803]

@@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320 they didn't have another military target's, Japan's infrastructure was in ruins, and public opinion was to exerte revenge for pow cases.

[@bloodyhell8201]

@@silvadossantos6803 they did have other military targets So much so that nagasaki wouldnt have gotten the bomb if Kokura (the primary target) had clear weather

[@BuckBlaziken]

The zombies scene in the cartoon film was a real thing people reported in the immediate aftermath of the atomic blast. Due to the immense heat from the blast, those who were horribly burnt but still survived would find their own flesh melting off of their own bones. The first to go were the eyes, after that was the nose and ears, then literally anywhere else on their body would begin melting away.

[@The99Mustin]

The thumbnail alone shows how crazy this movie is

[@zyklonb3132]

I was about to say that

[@ButterscotchMcBean1995]

I really agree with this comment.

[@invadergrimm3788]

Compa Yoshi your Right

[@kaydwessie296]

We watched this in my old anime club before going to a speech and presentation hosted by survivors of Hiroshima That day was emotional

[@marmalade8915]

Yyyyyup

[@purpleemerald5299]

**Shinji dies** Me: “Well that was fucked up.” **Shinji is immediately replaced with a clone** Me: “Well that was pointlessly fucked up.”

[@hwkki8323]

Purple Emerald shinji get in the safehouse

[@Vi-Vi-Kitty]

It was way better in the manga. This movie was so sped up and it cut a lot of stuff from the manga.

[@sandevasted5228]

i was expecting the ones that got forced to pilot a mech by his father

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

Shinji was a MUCH more loveable character (at least in the film) than Ryuta. You can probably tell Ryuta's destined for a life of crime (or at least - seems predisposed to it).

[@syidori6611]

@@sandevasted5228 😂😂😂😂f*king shinji

[@scoot7969]

I wish scenes like the nuke scene without sound were more common. I personally think that scenes like bombings or anything else disturbing without sounds are way more disturbing then scenes with sound. It gives a scene like the nuke scene a more somber tone like, the nuke stopped everything. The people’s lives, time, society (in the affected region) and even sound itself. All you hear is the wind and people dying. It would’ve been even more morbid if there was no sound at all.

[@twistedyogert]

Oddly enough, some clocks did stop working when the bomb dropped. I guess the heat melted the gears or something.

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

The little brother dies, screaming in pain. Me: 😰 The little sister's name means "Child with Friends". Me: 😰😰😰

[@MidnightMuffin]

wot

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

@@MidnightMuffin "Child with Friends". She'll grow up in a bombed-out hellscape, with no other children her age - if she grows up at all. If there's one thing she won't have, it's friends. But the family names her that out of sheer hopefulness.

[@MidnightMuffin]

@@cthulhufhtagn2483 Tomoko? She dead lol

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

@@MidnightMuffin Yeah, but neither I nor they knew that at the time.

[@jesusjoseph1899]

@@MidnightMuffin oh so you havent watched JJBA 4

[@skug9bob]

One isn't "cured" of radiation sickness. Even if you recover, you could still come down with lethal cancerous conditions years or decades later.

[@beyondviolet]

skug9bob happy... ending..?

[@sparrowfont5604]

@@beyondviolet there is a second movie. A part 2 where he is grown. I haven't watched it yet..

[@SirDavid290]

Apparently the American "Nuke" bombers died of radiation causes recently.

[@dan182v]

@@sparrowfont5604 nani?

[@saturniidspectre]

Bruh just use RadAway.

[@lordfinbar]

If you're curious about the differences between what happened to the author in real life and what happened in the movie, here is a quick summary from his autobiography: 1) After the bomb when he found his mother, she had already given birth. She gave birth immediately after the bomb blast. 2) Mom really did have to leave the husband and one child in the rubble of the roof while they burned alive asking her to help. She was by herself and could not life the large beams from the roof to save them. Strangers came by eventually but even they couldn't lift the beam. The youngest brother was in the house too but he died immediately from the impact. Gen (the author) did not witness this, his mother told him about it.

[@x-menlol1613]

No, Eiko is the one who died from the beam, the father and Susumu (the brother Shinji is based off) burnt to death.

[@eren7350]

@@x-menlol1613 i think op is talking about keiji nakazawa

[@x-menlol1613]

@@eren7350 ik, what I said is true, he never had a big brother he had a big sister called Eiko and a younger brother Susumu (Shinji is based off him), I dunno where this person is getting a big brother from

[@giovannigam]

@@x-menlol1613 in the manga he has 2 older brothers, maybe it's from there...

[@x-menlol1613]

@@giovannigam ik in the manga he has two older brothers but they were made up for the manga, irl Keiji only had a sister and brother, his sister crushed by the beam and his brother was burnt alive, that's why the brothers aren't there in the manga because they were never there in the first place.

[@najpotenicewolf934]

Radioactive bombs and their effects on people's bodies are probably one of the things that are really unsettling for me. Probably partially because the possibility of war itself is actually terrifying for me. Actually, the side effects like starvation and lack of medicines or surviving with severe injuries are more terrifying idea than just getting quickly killed in a fight. Mostly because I'm aware that I wouldn't be able to survive due to these problems. What terrifies me about the war is the possibility of long and painful death as your body is slowly deteriorating.

[@thegodpowers]

This movie as well as Grave of the Fireflies truly shows us the horrors of WW2 and the impact it had on Japan as a whole, Such powerful messages it portrays still gives me chills even to this very day.

[@RB01.10]

This was horrible, I’m not gonna lie, but why didn’t Japan surrender after the first bomb was dropped? They were extremely prideful, and would rather die than give up. The second bomb though ended any chance of them coming back. You also have to look at the fact that we truly didn’t know of the after effects of the bomb. But the bottom line is that they forced Japan to surrender and WWII finally ended. If a land invasion happened, the war would’ve kept going, and more of our men would’ve died.

[@jesusjoseph1899]

Cant wait for an anime of the horrors caused by the Japanese on the entirety of Asia.(guess they can also show how Japan "helped" India gain some kinda independence from Britain?)

[@jesusjoseph1899]

@@RB01.10 TBF, they wanted to be seen as equals. Yes, one reason for Japan's intention to start to war was racial equality. Larger numbers of Westerners had and still dont see eye to eye to Asians.

[@Jiji-the-cat5425]

@@RB01.10 That's beside the point. Whether using the bombs was justified or if a land invasion would've been worse is its own discussion. It isn't the point of these films. The point is, in war, regardless of which side is right or wrong, civilians on all sides suffer. There is no honor or glory in war. I agree with you that Imperial Japan should've surrendered earlier, or better yet never started the conflict at all, Japan's government was responsible for all this too. The other thing to keep in mind is, the point of these two films was not to victimize Japan or incite hatred towards the United States, the films are a critique of militarism in general and a message against war as a whole.

[@nathansolorio7181]

The Japanese in ww2 were the most deplorable fanatics knowing what they did throughout the war and before it.

[@katsarelas1947]

Oh mate, those aren’t “zombie like creatures.” That’s essentially what the survivors looked like...well, in the few weeks they had left...

[@eianfederle2715]

he meant to compare them, not literally say they are zombie-like creatures.

[@purpleemerald5299]

Katsarelas Haha... *...Weeks...* ...That‘a a generous guess.

[@skiiipawbs]

Their fricking eyes melted out of their sockets and hanged from their head. That’s kinda unrealistic. Also it wouldn’t take that long but the scene is still traumatizing

[@joaqweri5661]

@@skiiipawbs nah, irl there actually were people who were at the edge of the initial fireball and just barely survived with an empty eye socket or two, rags of scorched clothes, and severely red burned skin, they aimlessly walked after the bomb and most died within a couple hours

[@moonstruck8245]

@@skiiipawbs Everything melts in the heat of an atom bomb. EVERYTHING. Including flesh, especially particularly soft and vulnerable flesh like the eyes. The eyes ending up gone or dangling out was a very real thing that happened, although I agree that weeks was definitely an overestimation of how long those poor souls would have lived. More like hours, if even that.

[@kysaralsodoesgaming7481]

The scene of the mother staring at the audience is honestly terrifying, you can feel the same shock and sadness the mother feels as she stares at her son. I legit froze at that scene.

[@estelaangeles2346]

It happened in real ife

[@entityofthestars]

@@estelaangeles2346 We get that.

[@lemonquartz464]

You dont need point that out dude

[@communityadmin6505]

It was happy though

[@R3SerialDreams]

@@entityofthestars He means it more literally than you think. A lot of what happens in Barefoot Gen came directly from Keiji Nakazawa's personal experience in surviving Hiroshima. That includes that his mother was actually pregnant during the time, and Keiji's family (except for his mother) were trapped under their collapsed home same as Gen was (only Keiji's sister, also named Eiko, was crushed and killed by the collapse of the house itself), and Keiji's mother later also gave birth to a healthy baby girl who they named Tomoko, who also died.

[@stonedstones9708]

As a child that witnessed and lived through the Syrian war, I feel something special whenever I watch this movie, this impact it made on me. It's feels like finally finding someone that lived through the same things as you did and speaking out about everything to them! Nothing could ever make me so broken yet fill me with hope like this movie did. The fact that Gen and I are children that saw the autopsy the world came to be, yet through struggle saving our innocence, makes the connection even warmer. I am very happy to know that such movies are acknowledged by some, not forgotten, as it is one of most unique, accurate and simply one of the greatest resemblanceses of the child's perception of war, as no one but those who've been there would understand it the way it is, and maybe,if no one will ever understand nor feel it, but just watch ut through a screen, it'll be just great. Peace everyone!

[@Bunny11344]

❤

[@Freesoler01]

OMG! I am so sorry that you had to see horrors like this for real. I once taught a little boy who had survived the Syrian war and come to the US as a refugee. He was partly deaf. He's in 5th grade now. What was amazing how loving and happy he was despite the trauma he had lived through.

[@JD-fx9ly]

Never seen the horrors of war, but death, violence and poverty I have encountered many times. There's importance in feeling seen when we encounter trauma, so this comment resonates with me. It's horrible what people can justify doing to their fellow human beings. May your country find peace and prosperity

[@Engis2001]

My mother actually translated the manga from English into Swedish when she was quite young, but didn't get the credit. I thought it was the same manga as mentioned in the video and I was right! I just found it on our bookshelf. Good job, mum! :) ❤ Also, she told me that she cried at some point while reading it (I can certainly understand why)...

[@Billybnntt]

Man... Doctor Jones must be getting tired of the many phone calls you make in order to make appointments with him.

[@WanderingRoyal]

I'm going to have to see my therapist after this to be fair. Especially since I went back to watch Grave of the Fireflies and another emotional movie.

[@Billybnntt]

@@WanderingRoyal May I recommend you Doctor Jones. The man has reached an outstanding amount of experience throughout these couple of years. I mean with the amount of times Steve calls him, I can safely conclude that he must have learned all of what can traumatise a human and know how to cure it. (Given that Steve is a human. OR IS HE???)

[@WanderingRoyal]

@@Billybnntt Well I should make sure to arrange an appointment myself but I'm sure Steve is human...at least he appears to be.

[@combusted]

Nah, i bet Steve is a walking goldmine for Dr Jones.

[@ciabaileigh9624]

Wait- he doesn't go to Richard Nygaard? I've heard he's *literally* amazing!

[@laurene988]

I think the humor makes sense, humor is pretty much the only way to get through that level of trauma

[@BlueMageDaisen]

Oh yeah, when I was in hospital cause my bowels decided to stop working for a bit and I was in agonising pain, when I was lucid enough to I was always making jokes By making levity in a tough situation, we give the situation a bit less power over us and feel a bit more in control, which can help us to think more critically and work out ways to improve the situation we're in or at least understand it better

[@zuskull1]

Yes. I can be very sad and distraught but still make jokes

[@clownworldhereticmyron1018]

Good ol gallows humor

[@brodericksiz625]

Yeah, a few years ago my then gf was making jokes right after her mother’s funeral (died of cancer). It’s not that she wasn’t devastated (I have been very close to her throughout the whole ordeal, I know how much grief she was going through better than most), it’s just what happens when things turn too bleak and for too long all at once.

[@mookfaru835]

It’s not gallows humor. It’s just humor.

[@NeroCM]

I don't think recovering the skulls and adopting a kid because he looks like Shinji was portrayed as sentimental. I think it was to show the result of their trauma, doing everything they could to cope. Also, the skulls are a sort of slight perversion of something some Japanese homes do: when their loved ones are cremated (over 99% of Japanese are cremated), they keep an urn with their ashes in a small shrine at home. I don't know if this is for comfort, as if keeping the loved one still with you, or if it considered filial duty, for the family to provide a home for the spirit of their departed, but these shrines can be found in Japan, so maybe the skulls are meant to be that: the cremated bodies of their family, kept with them in their home.

[@VWbugger]

I wouldn't be surprised if gen character got PTSD

[@Rubyoreo]

this isn't just by a Hiroshima survivor. its based heavily off his life. He really watched this many people die at 6. The manga is even more upsetting, honestly. Its painful to read.

[@xxboonisbadfortnitexx1549]

Yelp

[@xxboonisbadfortnitexx1549]

True

[@giuseppemassari9970]

The manga is sadder, since the mother dies of cancer (but also more of the family survives, since Gen has older brothers)

[@estelaangeles2346]

Its real story that happened

[@yatoishida3236]

That's form second movie

[@thatguy7155]

@@yatoishida3236 people just never talked about the sequel It's a more wholesome version and I really like that movie

[@bjp4869]

She does die in the sequel.

[@jessieh0928]

picture therespictures there's a second movie?

[@yoboikamil525]

The face Gen's mom makes when they arrive with the milk. Holy shit.

[@ladysilverwynde]

The woman who screams at Gen's mother that the baby would be better off dead. When she grabs Tomoko and goes from trying to hurt her then starts cradling her.... Ugh, that scene breaks me. Every. Single. Time. 😭

[@TheZombieburner]

You know..... I would argue that Gen's father actually WAS patriotic, despite not thinking himself so. He can see that the war is destroying his country, his people, and their way of life. It might be a bitter pill, but he was RIGHT, what did World War 2 bring Japan? Suffering, misery, and death. It was awful, if the rulers of Japan were actually thinking in the best interests of their nation, and their people, they wouldn't have committed to a war against a nation so much more powerful than they were. They never had a chance, and they were TOLD it was impossible to win. Gen's father is a real nationalist, he cares about his family, his people, and his country more than anything else, and if that means condemning the war, then he'll do it. Because even one person dying in a vain, hopeless conflict spurred on by foolish pride is too high of a price for him. That's a real man.

[@NikolasoGames]

That's what I thought too. If he doesn't want war it doesn't mean he's not patriotic!

[@lolloblue9646]

@@NikolasoGames sounds like the American higher-ups' thought process for the Vietnam war...

[@teddybearkiller5271]

Well said man well said...... :(

[@19972zach]

TheZombieburner i agree Japan was suffering and before we dropped the first bomb we told them to surrender and even warned what city we would bomb

[@dansmith1661]

If it wasn't for the bankers, we could have avoided the fervor of demanding a World War. BANKERS START WARS.

[@nicolajvangsgaard6144]

Bro. The shot of the mom looking at them when they return with the milk in the dark, and the complete silence alone is freaking traumatizing. That genuinly unsettles me and i havent even seen the film. Wow

[@calebcalhoun9847]

I literally looked away like shit

[@thebaconguy1661]

So I’m not the only one who finds being stared at in complete silence is absolutely terrifying.

[@yoboikamil525]

It was... Scary

[@biggreen276]

like fr, that shit was so disturbing, like bro I don't know you💀

[@jaxhayes4372]

I’m very sad that Tomoko died, it’s extremely upsetting to watch someone you love die in front of you knowing there’s nothing you can do about it

[@Bumpercat86]

This film: Depressing. Fallout: Happy songs on the radio; ♫THE ATOM BOMB, THE ATOM BOMB, THE ATOM BOMB!♫

[@adriannicholasdecena2478]

Tf is atom

[@adriannicholasdecena2478]

@@pluvi3054 no i know what atom is i was just asking like why tf did he say atom bomb instead of atomic bomb

[@adriannicholasdecena2478]

@@pluvi3054 want me to explain what atom is so you wont assume im a child?

[@xninewxw7559]

@@adriannicholasdecena2478 ok

[@libertyprime6932]

Yeah there's nothing grim or depressing in Fallout /s

[@WobblesandBean]

11:25 I thought it was actually eerily realistic. Survivors reported that when they saw the first flash from the bomb's detonation, there was no sound at all. The shockwave that it creates forms this weird doppler effect where there's no noise at all, followed by a haunting, screeching rush as the shockwave hits.

[@ryannuget7164]

Damn...That's even scary than a loud boom. Just silence...

[@pixeltreason2968]

Ryan Nuget I imagined the a huge explosion with no sound but then it creates a huge screeching and the dust and rubble flying out.

[@ryannuget7164]

@@pixeltreason2968 That's horrifying.

[@angelbell8111]

Interesting to find you here. Not really you are a human to after all. But damn could you imagine that? I would hate yo have to live through that

[@foreignroninl1555]

Okay that just made atomic weapons even more terrifying for me than they already were.

[@sarahnone-ya-buisness1722]

Funny story about this film: In my high school history class, my teacher told us about some on the many exchange students he'd taught the course to. One was a Japanese girl who was spending one semester at the high school. Obviously, with students from different countries, he had to approach the WW2 lessons carefully. So, before the lesson on the atomic bomb, the teacher asked the girl about it, if she was comfortable being in the classroom during the lesson, etc. She told the teacher what is taught to students in Japan about the atomic bomb, and even gave him a copy of a film shown to middle school students. It was THIS movie. My teacher still had it when I took the course and he played it for my class. We only watched the scene where the bomb is dropped and honestly, it is HORRIFIC. It was funny seeing this in my recommended, since I still remember watching it in my classroom.

[@willowclawssillylilshenani2630]

Did your teacher know that the scene was there or did he not know at all? XD

[@alester5464]

I had a high school history teacher do the same exact thing. She played that same scene and I never heard a class of high schoolers go dead silent so quick. It was the last class of the day and we all walked out in this grim cloud. I don't remember hearing kids really talking on their way out to class….

[@TazHall]

It's good to collaborate history with other countries. Your teacher was a good one.

[@lulashlyn728]

Sarah None-Ya-Buisness I haven’t been to a public school in so long, so I hope all teachers do that with exchange students for sensitive topics

[@auntiejuly]

Believe it or not, but the manga is way more graphic. I was impressed, shocked and about to vomit when I read it.

[@masayoyanagisawa3537]

My grandmother was 12 and lost most of her family due to the bombing... and yes she described the dead still walking around, the people on fire and still walking around. She also said it was the most beautiful sky in the world.

[@averageman4208]

Imagine a bomb so strong it can inprint your shadow on concrete.

[@alecsarmy3222]

Yess they got the milk now the baby can survive :D **10 seconds later** D A M N I T *D A M N I T* *_D A M N I T_*

[@YeahToastGOD]

Reminds me of this aliens from Robot Chicken "DAMN IT DAMN IT DSMN IIIT"

[@Magyyyyy]

How about candyman from lethal league?

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

Meanwhile in Japanese-occupied Asia, babies are bayoneted to death by the Japanese soldiers.

[@xxamaraaxx8210]

Wot

[@definitelynotagenocider5204]

I feel yah bruh

[@mazkiey1364]

When the baby died, i put the food down i was eating and just kind of... felt ashamed of myself. i don't know why.

[@Wazzupiddy]

Got some tragic baby killing backstory ?

[@justfuntimedoingnothing8477]

You had better know true value of food you eat everyday

[@Bt-dr2ch]

Alf Merck true. But these were civilians. Right or wrong we were absolutely cowardly to bomb innocents.

[@Davitofrito]

@@alfmerck6262 Yeah but its hard to look at a baby, the most innocent and defenseless of all humans, and think she deserved to die for anything. Intentional killing of civilians is considered a war crime and Allied officers questioned the wisdom of bombing cities, even if the real targets were factories. In total war everything is a target because everything, including people, is a resource. Doesn't mean we shouldn't have dropped the bombs, if nothing else we were looking at a million casualties to invade the home islands in operation Downfall, while the soviets started gobbling up Manchuria. What pisses me off is that no discussion is had about this and it comes down to innocent anime baby = Japanese weren't bad in ww2. The emperor and all those responsible should have faced justice. The fact we rebuilt japan after ww2 and improved the lives of the Japanese people with democracy and basic freedoms is never touched on in anime which often paints japan as being forced into a hopeless war.

[@user-yn5jq1jo5i]

Alf Merck wtf? It was a scene where it showed a baby that died from malnutrition; it doesn’t matter that the characters were part of Imperial Japan, it’s still fucking sad and people are allow to feel pity for them.

[@em0doll222]

When I went to Hiroshima with my school, my class had to watch the drama to study about Hiroshima before going. In this. Gen also has a brother who joins the military against the will of his father, but when he was in the train to leave, his father ran and made his son know that regardless of his choices, or beliefs, he still supported him regardless of everything. It devastated me when he found out about his brother and fathers death. Gen, the brother and their mother went back to their burned house and searched for their bone remains. It fucked me up so hard.

[@ImDaiko]

That moment when the mother stares at the camera is just depressing and terrifying.

[@joshuapangilinan5140]

10:32 The building here is a REAL building in Hiroshima that still remains today in the condition from the blast. The building was once a town hall and even the bridge you see the dog hurling towards was a real thing and it was said that the heat was so intense that the metal railings melted over either side of the bridge. It's quite a beautiful place now with the townhall being the only remaining building from the war.

[@efoxkitsune9493]

Fun fact, this Atomic Bomb Dome (or A-Bomb Dome) (Genbaku Dōmu in Japanese), as it's now called, wasn't actually the only building that survived the bombing. There was another one opposite to it, but they tore it down because it didn't look as aesthetic, leaving only the _Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall_ (yeah, whatever that means... lol. But that's what it actually was called, it wasn't really a town hall..) as a memorial. ...Another fun fact, the building was designed by a Czech architect, Jan Letzel. (As a Czech person myself, I had to bring it up... lmao)

[@fredericgrunert7902]

@@efoxkitsune9493 The bank of Hiroshima and a Resthouse survived too and still remain today.

[@efoxkitsune9493]

@@fredericgrunert7902 Oh, really?? I didn't even know that!

[@fredericgrunert7902]

@@efoxkitsune9493 Yes, go on this website : peace-tourism.com/en/spot/field/spotCat/1/ There is a list of all building, monument, bridge and trees that survived the bomb in Hiroshima.

[@efoxkitsune9493]

@@fredericgrunert7902 Oh yeah, you're right, I remember the trees. Not the buildings though.

[@joshkelly36]

I'm about 30 years old and I grew up in Japan. I read this Manga when I was 9 or 10 in my school library. They used to have it in all schools in Japan in my days. However, recently i heard it got banned because of the gruesome pictures, and political backlash from both right wing and left wing activists. Personally speaking, I learned that war is bad, politicians are sh*t, and hate is dumb, from this Manga. These are things you get taught in class, but it's hard to "understand" these stuff in boring classes. It's kind of a pitty that this Manga won't be known in the future, due to book-burning.

[@MatitaTheCarnotaurus]

I read it was banned only in one city for now, has it been banned in all school libraries?

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@MatitaTheCarnotaurus not really then. And not yet.

[@MatitaTheCarnotaurus]

@@SlapstickGenius23 Thank you for your reply! I don't think it should be banned though.

[@Chicken-Cha-Chas]

They should keep this manga. People have forgotten the consequences of war and hiding the past will make things worse.

[@richardbeaudangles2559]

Manga is out selling comics, that style is not going anywhere, certain titles may get yeeted due to people, but mangas not dying

[@hillbillyartscrafts4367]

its good for people to see these types of movies so they realize how good their lives are and should be thankful

[@totallyawesomesteph]

If for any other reason, the juxtaposition of tone between wholesome and graphically terrifying, the whiplash of emotions make for an incredible film. Having his high spirits and childish optimism constantly tested by the crumbling world around him just makes the tragedy so much deeper.

[@mapleleaf5991]

the scene where the mother watched her daughter burn alive is based on an actual accounting from a famous survivor of hiroshima, shige hiratsuka. Her 6 year old daughter was trapped under rubble with fire closing in, and shige could not free her. terrified of dying in fire herself, she abandoned her daughter to burn alive.

[@EclecticallyEccentric]

She'd have to live with knowing she ran and left her own child to burn to death. Did she have other children she needed to stay alive for?

[@mapleleaf5991]

@@EclecticallyEccentric Yeah its the horrific choice she was faced with and she had to live with it her whole life.

[@rosaruiz4591]

@@EclecticallyEccentric That to me is a fate worse than death 😰

[@kirstyc2176]

@@EclecticallyEccentric she should have stayed alive either way, whether she had other kids or not - don't judge a situation you can't even fathom. Humans in extreme life/death situations react in different ways

[@user-jm6cl6fj1l]

@@EclecticallyEccentric would you honestly let yourself burn alive or act fast to save yourself? Don’t say yes so easily, everyone would say yes but when it’s a real situation most will naturally run away

[@j.monica8794]

Senji screaming its hot its hot literally made me cry i was not prepared the voice actor really did that well

[@somsuvrasett4697]

It really brought my tears

[@BP.l0ne]

I read this comment before the scene showed in the video and for some reason I was imagining Will Smith "That's hot" meme

[@mop9507]

..shit, i thought you were aroused about a kid’s screaming. use quotes, friends.

[@donttouchmehfood8600]

That scene always breaks my hearts like the fact that the younger brother is pleading for help yet they can’t do anything to help them and they can only watch it happen

[@Dragonmoon98]

It was damn good voice acting. Some might say too good.

[@DeathStar97]

I found this film as a young teenager thinking it was a light hearted film, I've remembered this film for years

[@chimpgaming8290]

Just watched Oppenheimer and then barefoot gen. That shit hurt 2x more

[@shreyasmathur2683]

bro literally same

[@dbkwk9]

My brother used to read the manga. He stopped after a bit. Don't know why. Edit:now I know

[@Owls1221]

DBKWK 9 why?

[@justcommenting6791]

Maybe a liked character dying or tge baby dying or the people dying oh the possibility of gen dying or the large amount of people that are almost dying

[@benchmarking6875]

@@justcommenting6791 and dont forget the dog

[@IOsTower]

Where can i read it?ive always wanted to read it

[@GamingWithHajimemes]

@@IOsTower on amazon i couldn't find the hole collection but there are individuals and u can buy them there.

[@darkphoenix3864]

This was actually a real event, the “mother” was still alive, she had to watch children burn and could do nothing, you maybe able to look it up but it was talked about on history, trvl channel or discovery I can’t remember what one 😪

[@littlepumpkinpiehair-cutte519]

@Dark Phoenix it was ‘Hiroshima’ by the BBC

[@darkphoenix3864]

Thank you! I knew I saw it somewhere lol. I’m always watching history.

[@mariazapata1606]

That's the snoring emoji. The emoji you looking for is this 😢

[@huntclanhunt9697]

You probably didn't mean to... But that emoji you used is the "I'm bored/I'm asleep" emoji, not the crying one.

[@hatguy8225]

War is horrible, amyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot

[@weesmoth2972]

I actually had to pause it and menially prepare myself for the rest of the video when his little brother started screaming for help because that was terrifying

[@Columbo22]

One time, when I was younger, my dad let me read an old book about manga. But, he had forgotten that there was an excerpt from the barefoot Gen manga. What I saw horrified me, and my parents had to calm me down and tell me that the americans didn't know that it would have these horrific effects. I was so scared, that even at the age of 11, I still had to lay down in my parents' bed, until I felt it was safe to sleep in my own bed. Damn.

[@keeweefroot2692]

Sure. We all believe you.

[@the-og-cerealkiller]

Pointleas fact: In Finland "Barefoot Gen" Is called: "The son/Boy of Hiroshima" (Or Hiroshima's son/boy) Tomoko actually survives in the manga She is breastfed by another mother who's child just died It's a weird change

[@MillyKKitty]

Hiroshiman poika?

[@dasherx1070]

@@pickingwithdick4240 ei

[@taylortaylor4985]

I like it

[@starbird3939]

I don’t find the skulls as creepy. A lot of Japanese homes have shrines to lost relatives, so this feels like a makeshift one

[@zheleznodoskyy]

Well, think about it as an Englishman with no Japanese knowledge in terms of culture, you would find it unusual.

[@zheleznodoskyy]

@Kellie Carmichael I know. I don't know why I said it.

[@pawala7]

@@zheleznodoskyy Meanwhile, burning up dead family members and putting the remains in urns to place on top shelves is considered normal even in the west. The skull thing is similar, given the lack of crematoriums.

[@zheleznodoskyy]

@@pawala7 Good Point.

[@wolfsmith2865]

The Japanese cremate their dead. When the pyre cools, family members collect, and then inter the skeletal remains. Gen and his mom started this, but trying to survive took precedence over completion of the funerary customs for the time being.

[@werecorgi]

I first watched this movie during December by my local library's anime and club. They told us NOTHING about what this movie was about.

[@sketchygetchey8299]

Around this time I make this comment, Oppenheimer came out and I felt like I needed to watch Barefoot Gen after having seen Oppenheimer. The disturbing aftermath of the bomb in this movie, the last words in Oppenheimer, and current events just left me in a state of dread like this could happen again any day now. I will say that Barefoot Gen didn’t leave me as big an emotional wreck as Grave of the Fireflies did, but the look on the mothers face when the baby died is stuck in my head and has me emotionally haunted.

[@RB01.10]

Oppenheimer was such a haunting and intense movie (especially the ending) yet a very well done and amazing film. One of Nolan’s best, it deserves all the awards that comes his way. Especially Cillian Murphy who was phenomenal as the title character.

[@Kaytoun]

My Japanese teacher in high school made us watch this during class. Not sure how he managed to get it okay'd by the principal, considering how gruesome it is.

[@kyurenga4665]

he should be fired because it can cause trauma

[@MrTuna-pt6wu]

@@kyurenga4665 No because you cannot deny the fact that this actually happened. It's important to know history as this might repeat itself without repro caution. So no, the teacher shouldn't be fired at all.

It's animated so it's for kids. I found it ok to show it for kids too ^^ Not everything should be looked through rose-colored lenses :)

[@r.i.pchannelisdead2404]

@ "itS aNimEtEd sO iTs fOER kiEDS" excuse me so ur saying that hentai is for kids cuz its animated??? Besides the first ever animation created in history wasnt even for kids and at ww2 germany it was to brainwash kids to become little nazis yeah damn right for kids hahhahahaahahahhahaah

[@r.i.pchannelisdead2404]

@ and im sorry i cant just take people who say "its an ani,ation so its for kids" i just cant im sorry for blasting out

[@aswertyuiol]

I feel like the older sister in barefoot gen could've been made more compelling by having her be the grounded older sibling; just old enough to recognise the imminent threats and understand what's going on, but too young to be able to take on any meaningful responsibility during such a troubling time.

[@eikonakaoka3639]

It's me!

[@lassefischer6974]

@@eikonakaoka3639 But is it really though?

[@eikonakaoka3639]

@@lassefischer6974 though?

[@cadenieves6109]

The writer of Barefoot Gen died of lung cancer in 2012, the biggest carcinogen he was ever exposed to was probably the bombing of his home, so in a way I guess his life was claimed by this tragedy as well.

[@I_luv_chez]

“Where is love?” *Me*: BABY DONT HURT ME, Don’t hurt me! No more- ^Gets punched^

[@user-cv3dr4kt7j]

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ

[@Tivea_616]

"cutely named L I T T L E B O Y"

[@Phoenix.Sparkles]

named after the victims

[@The_Stumbler]

@@Phoenix.Sparkles no. Trinity, little boy and fat man were named before being deployed.

[@zilaslaursen4392]

Boom

[@Firealone9]

@@Phoenix.Sparkles it was named "Little Boy" because it was technically the weakest out of the 3 bombs made. Hard to believe something that caused so much death and suffering at once could be referred to as weak, but there's humanity for you.

[@fuesingblock2590]

@@Firealone9 that's America for you

[@imkuelllgremlin]

my school used clips of this film to teach us about radiation, great idea to show traumatising footage to 12 year olds

[@oscarespinoza6996]

I wish my school was that interesting

[@josemanuelmurguia8970]

Oscar Espinoza same

[@hainleysimpson1507]

Better to learn how fragile life is at an early age. That way you don't fuck up like a complete moron. If anything kids today are too sheltered. Learning about death intimately at an early age made me appreciate the mere miracle of life much more.

[@ibcheel9021]

I recommend reading a short book titled: "Sadako and the 1000 paper cranes" I could have messed uo that title...

[@imkuelllgremlin]

@@hainleysimpson1507 i knew about death at a young age, most kids do. its more the terrifying aspect that so many morons have nuclear weaponry and could use it on us. the idea that we could all be liquefied scared the shit outa me as a kid.

[@mintstar3703]

Tomoko’s death hit me the hardest. It’s now impossible to rewatch the movie knowing that Gen’s mother will give birth only to lose the child a few days later. I don’t know how much time did exactly pass but that doesn’t change the fact a newborn died 😿

[@scidididi9564]

8:06 just when you think it’s going to be ok *SHIT HITS THE FAN AGAIN*

[@lewildknight9864]

I think you forgot that in the moment of the blast there is no sound because the sound hasn't reached you yet

[@thcu]

8:14 I quit. How dare you make me fall in love with this likeable family and their newborn little girl. **Throws popcorn at laptop screen**

[@mrman4261]

Is it bad that I burst out laughing at this point?

[@mrman4261]

@@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438 ok

[@entercoolnamehere1087]

@@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438 bruh it’s not real cool it

[@Bell.luvsuu]

The little brother crying for help made me tear up so bad 😭

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

Those terrifying zombie creatures are the most terrifying thing I've ever read about. They're a group of victims that were labeled "Ant-Walking Alligator people," named for the texture of their mottled skin, and the way they'd walk in a line together because they no longer had any sort of senses to guide them. They are the subject of the scariest non-fiction paragraph I have ever read, "The alligator people did not scream. Their mouths could not form the sounds. The noise they made was worse than screaming. They uttered a continuous murmur - like locusts on a midsummer night. One man, staggering on charred stumps of legs, was carrying a dead baby upside down.” I have a feeling a few aspects of the Pre-War Ghouls of the Fallout universe were heavily based on them, not just the damage of radiation poisoning.

[@satrickptar6265]

*"War is not a game"* , we shouldn't be playing lives like a toy army killing each other.

[@knyte8706]

Fax dude. It’s extremely unfortunate that sometimes the government just treats civilians as numbers on a spreadsheet.

[@Alondro77]

@@knyte8706 Yes, as every large government does when they don't see people as having individual liberty.

[@Wolfstanus]

Imperialist, though I can see your confusion with fascism because everything is fascist to people these days. They did bring the war on themselves though and they murdered way more civilians during the course of the war than the 2 nukes did. Now imagine the loss of life if the US and allies had to fight a land war across japan

[@duckycraterisawesome2662]

@@alfmerck6262 but it mostly hurt the civilians, and not the people in charge.

[@Vi-Vi-Kitty]

@@alfmerck6262 You sound just like them. I understand that their actions in world war 2 are cruel and unforgivable, but with that type of thinking, you'll be no better than the enemy.

[@junipermoth]

tomoko: -dies- gen: *violently shakes her corpse* HEY WAKE UP

[@aidan2727]

Mood ):

[@steelooo0]

WAKE UP NOW

[@truexftw5477]

-slap- BOI

[@hatguy8225]

This is based off of the author's family. It really happened. I can't laugh at this

[@The_Stumbler]

@@hatguy8225 I can respect that, while I like the idea that she just woke in skyrim, I honestly am crying from the whole idea. I know people talk about the nukes were unwarranted. But I must say this. The other option was a amphibious invasion. The Americans gave a estimate of 1 million dead on day one. 1 million Americans. The fact that the Japanese instilled the idea of honor and other general ideas. I know I talk about the American dead estimate, but it's only because of the fact that as soon as japan was invaded on land. Well, I don't think there will be a nation that will exist to attribute a death toll to. The Japanese after their resolve was broken by the Doolittle raid, a raid that mark a historic moment of when someone had actually attacked their home. Albeit a slap, it would only show that they would be devastated by a actual invasion. It would not be a matter of how long until Japan surrendered, it would be how many are left to fight?

[@emma_nutella58]

This movie was truly horrifying, the scene when the younger brother is crying for his mum to help because it’s hurts it really broke my heart

[@truexftw5477]

“In the story of hiroshima” I saw it coming and i hate the fact that i did

[@gatochick14]

There's also a Barefoot Gen 2, which follows the continued aftermath of the bombing and American occupation. I feel it's very good at showing just how long the kind of devastation the bombing lasted and how much the people suffered.

[@valforwingproductions9311]

i thought that it was all one film

[@bundleization]

They honestly had it coming though

[@gatochick14]

@@valforwingproductions9311 No, the second one picks up about a year or two later.

[@gatochick14]

@@bundleization The Japanese Imperial army, yes. Not it's civilians. They should have been evacuated, but their government didn't care about them.

[@CA-vy8et]

@@gatochick14 They were warned before the attack but they didn't believe it. They dropped little notes from planes warning the people to evacuate but again they didn't want to.

[@leedriver7029]

I saw this movie in high school for a history class. When the mother said that the baby’s coming, I verbally yelled out “oh, come on!”

[@chasemadison5433]

Why did they kill his real brother if they were just going to replace him with a dopelganger. The worst part is its pretty clear they only adopted him to replace his little brother

[@HH-lo7jw]

@@chasemadison5433 I don't know. I was reading the manga but there's like no issues after two and even two isn't complete. I can tell you though. They left out the fact Gen had three brothers. One who was evacuated to the country, one who went to the Navy.

[@prehistoricorchid3455]

@@chasemadison5433 because life's like that. Nothing's happy nothing has a purpos. Things happen and you try to deal with it. Gen could have ended up the same in the adopted boy. And even if he was only adopted because he reminded them if his brother you probably would have done the same tbh. You just lost your family and in walks in this boy that reminds you of him. How could you turn him away? Let him die out there. alone. Its like watching your brother die the second time. So i understand. If it was a fantasy book, id understand. Thats stupid. But this is supposed to be surreal. And life is stupid.

[@kittyqueen9000]

I watched this in high school too and you could literally hear a pin drop when the bomb was being dropped on Hiroshima.

[@dislike_button33]

@@prehistoricorchid3455 Plenty of things are happy and everything has a purpose.

[@donz6211]

I normally don't cry a lot. I didn't even cry in grave of the fireflies, I just got depressed. But watching them sail the battleship that was promised to Gen's dead brother... that tore me up.

[@Skullandrubberbones]

The part where shinji was burning alive in the house while screaming for his brother and yelling in pain always gets me dude

[@joermobo]

When Tomoko died, I was so sad but when I saw the mother, I saw some sort of liquid coming out of her mouth? And I legit thought she ate her newborn. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME

[@takkycat]

CrashSushi51 don’t worry. That’s just your brain trying to protect itself! It’s trying to keep everything from hitting you all at once and finding other reasons for what it’s seeing.

[@Mr3344555]

@@takkycat no bro. There are other way of copping, I'm glad op is becoming aware of his perception and reaction to things.

[@takkycat]

Mr3344555 no, he only died symbolically. The real boy grew up and helped create the movie. His death in the movie was his apology. He did not die in real life.

[@reporteddoppo700]

Not to further disturb you, but there actually are cases where parents ate their deceased children (e.g. during a massive famine). So, in short, there's nothing wrong with you. I think.

[@bjorntheviking6039]

I thought the same thing for a second. When I anticipate a very dark plot-line, I subconsciously put everything on the table as it were and don't give the benefit of the doubt.

[@funymonkee]

We were shown this in one of my high school history classes and I’m honestly grateful. As young people you spend a lot of time learning about these absolutely horrific events that happened in history (or at least the effects of them) but because of the way it’s presented to you it can be easy to disengage and not really think about the human cost that global conflicts have. Works like Barefoot Gen and Night by Eli Wiesel (about the holocaust) are SUCH crucial companion pieces to teaching and learning about history. It’s one thing to read a description of events, but following the emotional hardships of individual characters as they deal with the effects of global issues really drives home why this stuff matters

[@justyouraveragejoe1333]

Sad fact: my mother was used as a comfort women(sex toy) by the japanese

[@hainleysimpson1507]

@@justyouraveragejoe1333 Now imagine how many enslaved men women and children that has happened to in the new world and across the planet even to this day.

[@fuesingblock2590]

@@justyouraveragejoe1333 If this is real, I'm very sorry that we cannot do anything. If this is fake, fuck you

[@jesusjoseph1899]

@@hainleysimpson1507 send in another nuke?

[@showbizstudios655]

Last year, in my sophomore ELA class, we read Night. My teacher made a rectangular shape on the ground out of tape and forced the entire class into that small space while we read about the Jewish people being loaded into the train cars. We stayed like that for the rest of the period. Really good way to put it into perspective.

[@basf1sh941]

Guess im not going to sleep after seeing a group of people with half torn limbs and melted faces ever again

[@scout311]

I love the whole “calm before the storm thing” when the bomb drops, but I also like it as an attention to detail. Light travels much faster than sound. So all they would’ve seen at first was the bright mushroom cloud before a deafening blast.

[@darkfalzx]

Oh so THIS was the movie I randomly blundered into as a child! I grew up in Soviet Union in the 80s. We had a total of 2 TV channels that broadcasted in the morning and evening, with a tuning grid shown at all other times. One day during summer vacation I randomly turned the TV on in the early afternoon, pretty certain nothing will be on, but there it was! A cartoon I've never seen before! I was around 7 at the time, so all I've previously seen were either fairy tales or fables about virtues of peace and friendship. The scariest movie I've seen up until that point was Time Masters (Les Maîtres du temps) , so I had zero clue what I was in for... Holy shit!

[@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438]

America is a Evil country

[@vuducanh2k5]

@@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438 And Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, China, North Korea, Khmer Rouge, etc is even more evil. Their war crimes together with America are so fucking horrible, the destroyer of mankind. All countries are evil. All nations caused war, genocide, slavery, suffering, imperialism etc. Now let's see which countries have contribute the most to mankind That's.......oh wait

[@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438]

@@vuducanh2k5 You think america is helping the world? In what way hm? Oh yeah by cotrolling and bullying controls to their will and pay countries to support USa once china destroys America peace will be fially ensured asshole

[@vuducanh2k5]

​@@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438 There will never be peace as long as government and nations exist. There will be peace after all nations and governments are overthrow. China is still an normal superpower. Debt-trap policy, Uighur concentration camp, support the khmer rouge, invasion of Tibet, territorial claims on Taiwan - a sovereign nation and multiple south east asian islands... And I live in Vietnam, a country which experienced more than 1000 years of Chinese Imperialism. In 1979, during the border conflict, my uncle got shot by the PLA. 1988, Gac Ma island. 2014, HD981 Oil rig. Even now, vietnamese fishing boat can't even have a peaceful day since chinese patrol ship constantly attacking our boat. Let's be honest YOU'RE AN IMPERIALIST YOU CARE NOTHING ABOUT THE OPRESSED, YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT YOUR POLITICAL MOTIVES YOU'RE JUST A DICTATORSHIP APOLOGIST WHO SEE THE WORLD IN BLACK AND WHITE YOU HAVE PUT YOUR IDEOLOGY ABOVE YOUR MORAL YOU ARE HEARTLESS I thought you will said that all government are evil and oppressive, both US and China. My comment which mention the US is just a test to see if you're truly anti-imperialist. And the result, a disappointment

[@djkaibaxter419]

@@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438 what? he literally never said USA is helping the world. He is calling all nations evil and corrupt because that's what governments need to do to sustain themselves.

[@jammyjamjars6995]

Review 9... It messed with me as a child.

[@vulpix-chan7578]

Oh god. I remember me and my family watching this when I was about 8-9 and it scared the living hell out of me!

[@vulpix-chan7578]

But even so, it was still a good movie. In my opinion at least.

[@dankboi1045]

We don’t talk about that movie

[@LittleKittySilver]

Loved that movie. X3 Love the machines in the movie.

[@alienkid4162]

I loved 9 as a child but my younger brother to this day says it is scary and sad... And I seen it when I was younger than him he is such a wimp

[@dotdenier]

To add to the reviewers notes on when everything goes silent both during the blast and the infant's death , Silence is one of the best ways of illustrating devastation.

[@thememeteam858]

In the words of Cotton Hill... “I Killed Fiddy Men”

[@NeoDragonCount]

Also Grave of the Fireflies has a scene that's often not addressed: At the end the brother looks at the viewer critically, which is intended to be him scolding the modern rebellious youth of Japan. This is a pretty strange choice, seeing as the writer of the book the film is based on had highly non-conformist views, particularly given how it was the conformist Japanese government that got them involved in the Second World War in the first place.

[@PyroGothNerd]

Oh yeah, the Japanese government tried to BAN the Barefoot Gen manga for mentioning the various war crimes Japan committed, while overall making the Japanese government look bad.

[@sambeck2510]

I know nothing of the author and I haven't read the book, but the original ideals of the author could be maintained in the story while also shaming societal deviation - assuming that it's not just nonconformity for the sake of nonconformity.

[@robcoopz2444]

U.S. soldier 1: this bomb can destroyna whole city block and everything in it with a huge radioactive power U.S. soldier 2: jeez man that sounds powerful , what's it called? U.S. soldier 1: little boy

[@robcoopz2444]

@bry7x7x7 is that where the fallout 4 weapon got it's name

[@neuroticdreaming]

@@robcoopz2444 yes

[@NobleS1236]

The other one was called 'Fat Man.'

[@Soda_Drunka]

@@NobleS1236 no it was called Bill Cosby

[@A_annoying_rodent]

@@robcoopz2444 and i fallout new vegas there is a modification for the fat man called "little boy"

[@maxwellpratt9568]

whenever Steve says "and they all got a happy ending" or something to that extent, that's when I brace myself for the worst.

[@jello5303]

I think the fact that the dad was anti war added the the fact that the civilians were innocent, great film and it really shows that in a war, there is no “Good guy”

[@douglas_spino9187]

10:37 if anybody wondering the "Attack Plane" Is a P-51D Mustang, which is an american fighter aircraft 11:08 and the bomber is a B-29 Superfortress.

[@giovannigam]

@Max Smith yeah... in the manga, if I remember correctly, the girl was actually killed by some kind of debris of AA fire....

[@janneaalto3956]

The original manga had a lot grimmer ending, with the mother and little brother burning to death when they get trapped under their collapsed home.

[@Bananappleboy]

Welp, Gen is now on his own now.

[@x-menlol1613]

The mother doesn't die in the bomb, it's Shinji, Eiko and the father. In the manga Gen, his mother, Koji and Akira survive. Along with Ryuta, the boy they adopt.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Did that really happen?

[@cricketj467]

@@MASTEROFEVIL ye

[@majoka4853]

@@x-menlol1613 he means the manga I think

[@pyrolyzed4314]

When Shinji died, I just broke down. I haven't even seen this movie and that scene of Shinji yelling "Brother! Brother!" made me break down crying. I myself have a little brother and it just feels awful watching that scene. And people say the skull thing is creepy, the clone brother is weird, but can you imagine being in Hiroshima in 1945? No, you can't, you think you can visualize that, but the pain and grief those people felt is unimaginable. The trauma is unimaginable, You might view it as "creepy" but if your whole city was reduced to rubble, and you watched your family get crushed by your home and burnt to death because of a disagreement countries had, you would go insane. And I think the "cloned brother" visualizes the fact that Shinji was so very important to Gen, he can't bear not having him, and sees him in that child, and has to stay with him and protect him. The bomb killed the mom and Gen when it detonated, not literally, but figuratively. They lost everything, including their sanity. Hell the child might've been a hallucination, Gen just saw his brother and when he mentioned the child, his mom, also ridden with grief, just went along with it. It's very depressing and sad. The holocaust was an awful event, tragic and immoral, but then you just say "Oh yeah we also nuked japan twice" and then end your WW2 lesson, We (I'm talking about my education from the US) just gloss over the fact we killed millions of innocent people, women and children, animals, for no reason other than we had to fight their military. How infuriating do you think that is to people that survived that? They had their family brutally murdered by something that was completely out of their control, They couldn't do anything about that, they can't stop something being dropped from a plane. I personally see the Holocaust as an equally atrocious act to the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Sorry for my rant, just a really depressing movie.

[@supersonicstrat]

There was plenty reason to drop those bombs on Japan. More of them would have died if we launched a mainland invasion, and the war had to be ended somehow.

[@Freesoler01]

You might be onto something.

[@98953812]

I'm not going to lie; I actually thought the mother was going to die. But when I saw that it was actually little Tomoko, the tears just free falled from my eyes. 😢😢

[@MangleFoxy]

Apparently she does in the manga.

[@LittleMissChii]

Whilst we're on the topic of Hiroshima based anime, I'd love to hear your thoughts on "In This Corner Of The World" its a more recent film but as opposed to focusing on the aftermath of the bomb, it focuses on the buildup and how Japan was changed for just regular japanese people. would highly recommend!

[@scaredstiff7176]

YES! I watched it with my friends 2 days ago!

[@nxn4797]

Chiibe it's a great movie.

[@callingthevoid]

I loved that one! The first bit is pretty slow, but shit builds up after that bomb falls. And you know a movie's good when you're bawling your eyes out during the happy moments towards the end

[@whoknows4117]

I watched this when it had just come out and then grave of the fireflies strangely enough! Beautifully put together film and beautiful art. Not only does it share the struggles of the war, but how Suzu how to adapt to a new life as a married woman. As horrible of a time it was for the Japanese, I think anime films shows the brutality and struggles of the war in the best way, each from a different perspective, so I quite enjoy watching them.

[@jolynekujobackfromprison744]

I knew what what happen when I watched this film, I knew something tragic will happen, but I still was not emotionally prepared for what would happen. In the end, I was a sobbing mess next to my girlfriend.

[@dazzawesome]

In war no one wins if we all die

[@grayscribe1342]

The message of the movie War Games: 'The only way to win is not to play.'

[@dazzawesome]

Gray Scribe good saying

[@TheZombieburner]

Yep. And what did anybody get from all of that? If the fools placed in power hadn't seen fit to start killing people for no damn reason worth doing it, we'd all have been better off.

[@kailaine3974]

That’s why MAD is a good thing. The US and Russia both know that they will obliterate each other if one so much as sneezes on the other

[@dazzawesome]

Another good saying is that children die fighting for a war made by Old men

[@masayoyanagisawa3537]

I also want to say I think the shinji replacement was a example of how mentally desperate and destroyed these peoples minds became... they were stuck between a intense leadership and the war with the world, being the innocent pawns in the middle receiving the harshest punishment. My grandmother lost her parents, baby brother, older sister and grandmother. Leaving her to raise her little brother and sister at just 12 years old. They too survived from being at school and hiding in the caves. These are real stories and I'll never forget what she went threw. I watched her body succum to the radiation at the end of her life and that's the part that really stung in the end. She never blamed America but she as a child bared the punishment of war and suffered all her life until her last breath still never blaming America...

[@meatymaggot]

Rest in peace to everyone who passed away in this movie.

[@TheFirstTriplefife]

I watched Barefoot Gen a while ago. I was not prepared for what I was getting into. Great film depicting the horrors of the bomb, but damn I didn't expect those graphic scenes.

[@kaydwessie296]

My anime club watched it and the ones who had seen it tried to warn us, but we were still all fucked up

[@TheFirstTriplefife]

@@kaydwessie296 I got to admit though, they did a great job at appropriately cutting the music and slowing it all down to put the focus on how horrific the bomb was.

[@kaydwessie296]

@@TheFirstTriplefife Oh yeah, that part is amazing, and appropriately horrifying

[@themeekwarrior]

I think when people lose loved ones tragically like that, they'd rather have some part of the body of their loved one than nothing at all, for a memorial, a burial, or final goodbye. I don't know an incredible amount of Japanese culture, but I am sure finding and keeping the skulls was meant to be deeply sentimental. It doesn't sound much better that my dad's ashes are in my mom's kitchen cabinet. As for the random child looking like Shinji, maybe it was like a second chance at Gen having a little brother, and giving the mother a new son. Lookalikes are uncanny, and some people believe in reincarnation, but I think the boy looking like Shinji was a gift that would help them move on from the terrible things they suffered.

[@carterblunt4192]

Keeping the ashes does seem weird to me. I would probably pour them out or bury them in a cemetery. I saw a reality show or something where a woman claimed to be addicted to eating her husband's ashes.

[@inactive7875]

Either that or it was a bit more psychological. Likely, Ryuta didn't actually look like Shinji, but Gen and his mother imagined it.

[@theromanshogunate5716]

It's a bit like the remnants in the churchs

[@carterblunt4192]

@@benjaminramsey498 Ah. No big deal then.

[@Bunny11344]

I still have my bunnies ashes in my closet.. been sitting there for years .. I don’t have the heart to throw it out or bury it .. so it just sits there

[@johnb5057]

i just saw your plague dogs reviews and now this. you earned that subscribe. good job man