‘Oppenheimer’ will premiere in Japan in 2024 after controversy

‘Oppenheimer’, the new film by the famous British director Christopher Nolan about the man known as the “father of the atomic bomb”, will be shown in Japan in 2024, its distributor confirmed to EFE today.

“For now we don’t have an exact date or the number of theaters or in which theaters the film can be seen. When we have more details, we will announce it, but we can confirm that it will be in 2024,” said a spokesperson for the distributor, Bitters End.

‘Oppenheimer’ was released in cinemas in most of the world in July – where it was greeted by audiences and critics – doc Japan he has not confirmed his date premiereand some distributors claim that they were waiting to see what reception internationally, something common in an Asian country for “a success story“.

Often yes foreign films premiere in Japan, a country with an important film industry locally, months and even up to a year later than in the rest of the world, which allows theaters to opt for more modest screenings and in fewer theaters if the film doesn’t finish its run in other countries.

Some experts believe that Japanese distributors are waiting for the deadline to expire. anniversary from atomic bombings eye Hiroshima and Nagasakiwhich were recorded on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, because it would be distasteful to talk about the possible release of the film before those important dates.

‘Oppenheimer’ tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimeran American theoretical physicist of German origin who considered “the father of the atomic bomb“for his extraordinary participation in The Manhattan Projectand who never expressed regret for production of this weapon even though it caused the death of civilians.

NOW carried out the first nuclear attack on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and three days later dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, which led to the capitulation of Japan on August 15 and the end of the war. World War II.

An estimated 210,000 people lost their lives in both cities due to the bombing that also left 150,000 injured and humanitarian and ecological consequences decades after the event.

Japan has an extensive filmography about the consequences of those bombings, including classics such as ‘Children of Hiroshima’ (Kaneto Shindo, 1952), ‘Hiroshima’ (Hideo Sekigawa, 1953) or the latest films animation ‘Krejesnik’s grave‘ (Isao Takahata, 1990) or ‘In this corner of the world‘ (Sunao Katabuchi, 2016), all from perspective victims and experienced horror.