Christopher Nolan-directed movie Oppenheimer is in competition with Barbie at the box office, but a possible banning in Japan.
The biopic is an ambitious three-hour story that portrays the race against the Nazis to create the bomb as well as Oppenheimer's personal life
Why Some People Think Oppenheimer Might Not Release In Japan
There is speculation that Oppenhimer will not be released in Japan. While there's no confirmation that Nolan's film will depict the catastrophe of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The atomic bomb created by The Manhattan Project was used by the United Nations in 1945 to bomb the cities, which killed around 200,000 civilians
Oppenheimer has not officially been banned in Japan yet, but it still doesn't have a release date despite release plans being finalized in most territories.