‘Godzilla Minus One It has meant massive recognition from the public and critics for one of the most emblematic creatures in the history of cinema. Your director, Takashi Yamazaki, has made history by winning the first Oscar for a franchise that was born seven decades ago, and after this success the Japanese filmmaker seems to be already thinking about his next project. This is how he revealed it Toshio Okado on his YouTube channel, which is enormously popular in Japan, and the founder of the Gainax studios pointed out that the director’s next film will probably be an adaptation of ‘Barefoot’, the autobiographical manga of Keiji Nakazawa which tells of the atomic terror caused in Hiroshima and everything it caused.
Takashi Yamazaki has not officially said anything about his next film, so we still have to wait for confirmation from him, but Toshio Okado seems to know what his next project is. If it is ‘Barefoot’, we may be looking at one of the most emotional films of recent times, and with what was demonstrated in ‘Godzilla Minus One’, Yamazaki’s sensitivity when it comes to treating and showing human beings in times of barbarism it is beyond doubt.
‘Barefoot’, a must-read work
‘Bare Feet’ is an essential and monumental work, of enormous importance to know first-hand and serve as a reminder of the horrors that man can create. An ode to the lives of those who survived and a tribute to those who lost their lives. A manga that goes far beyond the atomic bomb and what it produces during and after its explosion; also showing the ethical dilemmas faced by a humble family that only wants to live in peace and collides with a culture that is dedicated to a war cause.
The synopsis of ‘Pies descalzos’ says the following: “Gen’s story is that of a survivor who shows us, through his eyes, how his world becomes hell. At only six years old, he knows the suffering of those who lose a loved one at the hands of war; or those who, like Natsue, the girl he meets a few days after the attack, have been disfigured by burns. Gen, his mother and his sister Tomoko, born prematurely due to post-traumatic stress, must learn to live in a city where only desperation seems to have a place. Gen’s heartbreaking tragedy is inspired by the author’s own experience, who in August 1945 was also a six-year-old boy unable to understand what was happening.
