Hadashi no Gen

Details

Title: はだしのゲン
Title (Romaji): Hadashi no Gen
Also known as: Barefoot Gen
Format: Tanpatsu in two parts
Genre: Human drama
Viewership ratings: 18.2(1st), 20.5(2nd), 19.4(ave)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2007-Aug-10 and 2007-Aug-11
Air time: Friday, Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Sen no Kaze ni Natte by Masafumi Akikawa

Synopsis

Nakai Kiichi plays Daikichi, who in 1945 paints designs on wooden sandals to support his pregnant wife Kimie (Ishida Yuriko) and their four children in Hiroshima. He grows wheat to keep his family fed during the lean war years. He is also resolutely against the war and is arrested by the public security police for being "unpatriotic." Consequently, his son Gen is bullied at school. -- Japan Times Online

Cast

Kobayashi Ren as Nakaoka Gen (young)
Yamamoto Gaku as Nakaoka Gen (old)
Nakai Kiichi as Nakaoka Daikichi
Ishida Yuriko as Nakaoka Kimie
Imai Yuki (今井悠貴) as Nakaoka Shinji
Nakao Akiyoshi as Nakaoka Koji
Ono Asuka (小野明日香) as Nakaoka Eiko
Katsumura Masanobu as Bo
Hirata Mitsuru as Doctor Yabe
Ono Takehiko as Samejima Denjiro
Okouchi Hiroshi as Numata-sensei
Sakura as Kikuyo
Tanaka Yoji as Detective Tokko
Yajima Kenichi as Police Chief
Ryo as Hayashi Sayako
Murata Takehiro as Kurata Shinsuke
Narimiya Hiroki as Yoshida Seiji

Production Credits

Original writing: Nakazawa Kenji (中沢啓治) Hadashi no Gen (manga)
Screenwriter: Kimizuka Ryoichi
Producer: Masumoto Jun (増本淳), Ogura Hisao (小椋久雄)
Director: Nishiura Masaki, Murakami Masanori
Music: Sato Naoki

Notes

This drama special is part of Fuji TV's Documentary dramas that will be aired in August every Friday and Saturday. These dramas will focus on real-life stories of people who found inspiration and comfort in the song Sen no Kaze ni Natte.

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