ARTE E MANIFESTO

Hadashi no Gen, Narrativa e o Revisionismo no Japão Pós Guerra

Abstract

This article aims, through the cinematographic works Hadashi no Gen parts 1 and 2, to analyze the perception of a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima, understanding the narrative produced by Keiji Nakazawa, as something dissonant from the various “official” narratives produced during the period. The Japanese narrative in the Post-War period silences perceptions that distance themselves from the “official” way of narrating the events of that period, creating a homogenized story that discards what does not fit within this narrative. Revisionism plays an important role in this construction of the perception of a new Japan. Thus, the trauma is not seen in the face, it is buried by the discourse of a new tomorrow and the breeze of progress.