Oppenheimer Premieres in Japan, Faces Criticism for Not Showing the Bombings
The Academy Award-winning Oppenheimer has now premiered in theaters in Japan eight months after it was released in the United States. The biopic, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy as the theoretical physicist and “father of the atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer, tackles controversial topics, with some theaters reportedly (via Reuters) posting warning signs regarding the movie and its depiction of the nuclear tests and the aftermath of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.