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Barefoot Gen

1983 · 83 min · Director: Mori Masaki ★ IMDb 8 · 10,681 ratings

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A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

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Barefoot Gen (1983) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 40%, Empathy 25%, Disturbing 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear10%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Disturbing. Genres: Drama, History, Animation. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 8.0/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Empathy
Sadness
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 43 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension38 %28 %18 %30 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Empathy44 %40 %25 %29 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Empathy51 %50 %35 %40 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Tension56 %54 %39 %50 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Empathy58 %56 %33 %40 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Hope57 %57 %28 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 27′Empathy65 %51 %26 %48 %
37.5 %≈ 31′Tension83 %53 %36 %79 %
42.5 %≈ 35′Tension96 %75 %68 %93 %
47.5 %≈ 39′Sadness94 %89 %85 %85 %
52.5 %≈ 44′Empathy88 %85 %77 %71 %
57.5 %≈ 48′Disturbing89 %85 %79 %66 %
62.5 %≈ 52′Sadness89 %83 %80 %66 %
67.5 %≈ 56′Sadness81 %74 %73 %55 %
72.5 %≈ 60′Sadness76 %71 %63 %36 %
77.5 %≈ 64′Hope75 %74 %48 %29 %
82.5 %≈ 68′Empathy80 %79 %53 %34 %
87.5 %≈ 73′Sadness88 %84 %75 %34 %
92.5 %≈ 77′Sadness90 %85 %87 %27 %
97.5 %≈ 81′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MK
Masaki Kouda

SN
Seiko Nakano

TI
Takao Inoue

YS
Yoshie Shimamura

KM
Katsuji Mori

KM
Katsuji Mori

Seiji Yoshida (voice)

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Taeko Nakanishi

TJ
Tatsuya Jo

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Junji Nishimura

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Koichi Kitamura

Landlord (voice)

Details

Directed by
Mori Masaki
Written by
Keiji Nakazawa
Type
Animation
Released
1983
Runtime
83 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 8 · 10,681 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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