Where to watch Barefoot Gen 2 (1986) tonight
Barefoot Gen 2 (1986) runs 1 h 25 min and averages 6.9 from 81 TMDB members. Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.
- Runtime
- 1 h 25 min — ends 9:25 pm if you start at 8:00 pm
- Rated
- no US certification listed
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, War
- Released
- June 14, 1986
- TMDB rating
- 6.9 / 10 from 81 votes
- Director
- Toshio Hirata
- Starring
- Issei Miyazaki, Kei Nakamura, Masaki Kouda, Kimi Aoyama
- Language
- Japanese
- Original title
- はだしのゲン２
Where to watch it tonight
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Streaming availability by JustWatch. In the US, as of 2026-11-08: Cineverse 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 2?
- Barefoot Gen 2 is 1 h 25 min long (85 minutes). If you start it at 8:00 pm it ends at 9:25 pm; add about 20 minutes if you watch trailers first.
- What is Barefoot Gen 2 rated?
- TMDB lists no US age certification for Barefoot Gen 2.
- Is Barefoot Gen 2 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 2?
- In the US, as of 2026-11-08: Cineverse 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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