Where to watch Barefoot Gen (1983) tonight
Barefoot Gen (1983) runs 1 h 23 min and averages 7.6 from 278 TMDB members. A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
- Runtime
- 1 h 23 min — ends 9:23 pm if you start at 8:00 pm
- Rated
- no US certification listed
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, War, History
- Released
- July 21, 1983
- TMDB rating
- 7.6 / 10 from 278 votes
- Director
- Mori Masaki
- Starring
- Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Kouda, Seiko Nakano, Takao Inoue
- Language
- Japanese
- Original title
- はだしのゲン
Where to watch it tonight
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Streaming availability by JustWatch. In the US, as of 2026-11-08: RetroCrush Amazon Channel (subscription), Kanopy (free), Fawesome (free), Retrocrush (free with ads), Plex (free with ads), Cineverse (free with ads).
Questions people ask
- How long is Barefoot Gen?
- Barefoot Gen is 1 h 23 min long (83 minutes). If you start it at 8:00 pm it ends at 9:23 pm; add about 20 minutes if you watch trailers first.
- What is Barefoot Gen rated?
- TMDB lists no US age certification for Barefoot Gen.
- Is Barefoot Gen a good movie to watch with a group?
- Yes — a crowd movie. Animation and Drama hold a room: people can talk, laugh or scream over it and still follow what is going on.
- Where can I stream Barefoot Gen?
- In the US, as of 2026-11-08: RetroCrush Amazon Channel (subscription), Kanopy (free), Fawesome (free), Retrocrush (free with ads), Plex (free with ads), Cineverse (free with ads). Availability changes often; this page loads the live list for your country (streaming availability by JustWatch).
Lists it could be on
- Animated movies under 90 minutes
- Dramas under 2 hours
- Movies from the 80s
- The most-rated movies on TMDB
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