Oppenheimer finally premiered Friday in the nation where two cities were obliterated 79 years ago by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist who was the subject of the Oscar-winning film. Japanese filmgoers’ reactions were understandably mixed and highly emotional.
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Others suggested the world might be ready for a Japanese response to that story.
Takashi Yamazaki, director of Godzilla Minus One, which won the Oscar for visual effects and is a powerful statement on nuclear catastrophe in its own way, suggested he might be the man for that job.
“I feel there needs to [be] an answer from Japan to Oppenheimer. Someday, I would like to make that movie,” he said in an online dialogue with Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan.
Nolan heartily agreed.
@Aussiemandeus Idk, it’s a really interesting idea.
I see what you mean but on the other hand, no one has a problem with Grave Of The Fireflies and it’s exactly about an Allied war crime told from the point of view of innocent civillians in imperial era Japan.
Personally I’d love to see something super nuanced that’s about ordinary people. Kazuo Ishiguro’s writing springs to mind.