title: Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
text: # Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
  
  Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears (はだしのゲン 涙の爆発, Hadashi no Gen: Namida no Bakuhatsu) is a 1977 Japanese war drama film, directed by Tengo Yamada based on the Japanese manga series by Keiji Nakazawa. It is a sequel to the 1976 film Barefoot Gen and is the second live-action film based on the manga.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Kazuhide Haruta as "Gen Nakaoka", Barefoot Gen, the protagonist of the story
  * Hiroshi Tanaka as "Daikichi Nakaoka", Gen's father
  * Mariko Miyagi as "Kimie Nakaoka", Gen's mother
  * Chizuko Iwahara as "Eiko Nakaoka", Gen's elder sister
  * Fumiko Abe as "Tomoko Nakaoka", Gen's youngest sister
  * Ikumi Ueno as "Ryuta"
  * Shoji Ishibashi as "Seiji Yoshida"
  * Etsuko Ichihara as "Kiyo Hayashi"
  * Keiko Takeshita as "Mikiko"
  * Keishi Takamine as "Denjiro Samejima"
  