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OPPENHEIMER

A poster for "Oppenheimer" is displayed at a theater in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Friday. The film's Japan debut came eight months after its global release.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 29, 2024
¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ opens in Japan eight months after global release
Japan screenings were delayed as the worldwide premiere was only weeks before the anniversary of the 1945 bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Directed and co-written by Sunao Katabuchi, animated film ¡°In This Corner of the World¡± depicts the beauty of nature and the horrors of war with equal potency.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 27, 2024
Films that give the Japanese perspective of the atomic bomb
Movies about the nation¡¯s darkest days ¡ª in genres such as dramas, fantasies and anime ¡ª offer another side to Christopher Nolan¡¯s ¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ story.
The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima remains an iconic symbol of the destruction of the atomic bomb on that city.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 12, 2024
Hiroshima grapples with ¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ Oscars success
While locals would have liked to see more Japanese representation in the film, they are at least happy that some discussion is taking place.
Christopher Nolan poses with the Oscars for best picture and best director for "Oppenheimer," in the Academy Awards press room on Sunday.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 11, 2024
The Academy gives Christopher Nolan¡¯s masterpiece its highest accolade
It is, in the words of its director, the story of the most important person who ever lived.
Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas, winners of the Oscar for best picture for "Oppenheimer," pose with Takashi Yamazaki, winner of the Oscar for best visual effects for "Godzilla Minus One," at the Governors Ball, following the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, on Sunday.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 11, 2024
¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ caps a big night with best picture Oscar
The big night for ¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ offered hope for traditional cinema.
The title monster in ¡°Godzilla Minus One¡± is a threat, of course, but the real story is about finding community in the wake of destruction.
CULTURE / Film
Feb 3, 2024
¡®Godzilla Minus One¡¯ stomps into ¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ territory
Those movies, along with ¡°The Boy and the Heron,¡± are essentially in conversation about the moral weight of American and Japanese actions in World War II.
An Oppenheimer film poster at AMC Lincoln Square Theater in New York in July
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 24, 2024
¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ to be shown in Japan, eight months after meme outrage
The release date is almost eight months after memes mixing visuals from the film ¡°Barbie¡± with atomic blasts provoked anger from people in Japan.
Not only is Greta Gerwig¡¯s ¡°Barbie¡± a billion-dollar blockbuster, it¡¯s also a fun movie that¡¯s full of heart.
CULTURE / Film
Jan 6, 2024
They can¡¯t all be nominated for best picture, can they?
It¡¯s a very competitive year for the top Oscar. With precursor awards like the Golden Globes coming soon, here¡¯s what may make the cut.
While Hayao Miyazaki¡¯s return to filmmaking, ¡°The Boy and the Heron,¡± did not attain the ?10 billion milestone that the beloved animator¡¯s movies had once routinely surpassed, it debuted at the top of the North American box office and became the first original anime film to lead the box office in the United States and Canada.
CULTURE / Film / 2023 in Review
Dec 15, 2023
Japan¡¯s auteurs and anime triumphed in 2023
From Hayao Miyazaki¡¯s ¡°The Boy and the Heron¡± to Hirokazu Kore-eda¡¯s ¡°Monster,¡± the box-office hits kept coming.
A still from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 14, 2023
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A sign for "Oppenheimer" at a movie theater in Los Angeles. The film will open in Japan next year.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 7, 2023
¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ to screen in Japan next year after nuclear controversy
The film will open in 2024, Tokyo-based distributor Bitters End said in a statement, but it did not give a specific date for the release.
Christopher Nolan's film about the creator of the atomic bomb, "Oppenheimer," was released in theaters worldwide this summer and received mostly strong reviews. However, distributors still have not announced whether the film will be shown in Japan's cinemas.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 28, 2023
Will Japan ever see ¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ screened in its cinemas?
Christopher Nolan¡¯s film about the creator of the atomic bomb still doesn¡¯t have a Japan release date. There¡¯s more than one possible reason for that.
A promotional poster for the film "Barbie" in Tokyo earlier this month
CULTURE
Aug 12, 2023
Hollywood blockbuster ¡®Barbie¡¯ opens in Japan after controversy
Tickets sold fast in Japan as fans flocked to the theatrical release, timed to coincide with the start of the Bon holiday period.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 4, 2023
¡®Barbenheimer¡¯ highlights U.S. ignorance of nuclear reality
The ¡°Barbenheimer¡± craze shows the U.S. education system needs work and Americans need lessons on nuclear weapons.
The social media backlash to ¡°Barbenheimer,¡± an internet trend centered on the simultaneous release of Greta Gerwig¡¯s ¡°Barbie¡± and Christopher Nolan¡¯s ¡°Oppenheimer¡± in the United States, led to the hashtag #NoBarbenheimer trending recently on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
CULTURE / Film
Aug 2, 2023
¡®Barbenheimer¡¯ memes trigger anger in atomic-bombed Japan
Warner Bros. Japan criticized its U.S. counterpart for participating in internet memes that appear to trivialize the effects of the atomic bombings.
Director Christopher Nolan (right) poses with "Oppenheimer" cast members (from left) Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt at the film's premiere in Paris earlier this month.
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jul 27, 2023
Summer film releases in Japan and the ¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ problem
Moviegoers may not get their ¡°Barbenheimer¡± moment, as Japan likes to keep things family friendly in summer.
Contrary to some news reports, the movie "Oppenheimer," starring (left to right) Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh, has not been banned in Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2023
¡®Oppenheimer¡¯ spurs debate on the atomic bombings
Christopher Nolan¡¯s biopic has triggered a debate on the rights and wrongs of dropping the bomb. It could lead to a more useful discussion in Japan ¡ª assuming it¡¯s ever released here.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
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Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
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