Oppenheimer is playing around the world in every country except Japan

Japanese residents are being forced to wait a little longer to see Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer on the big screen.

You can watch the official trailer below:

It’s fair to say that cinephiles across the globe are enjoying their spoils this weekend. Except of course, if they live in Japan.

While Nolan’s 12th feature film hasn’t exactly been banned in the country, it is yet to be given an official release date.

According to a Universal spokesperson, “plans have not been finalised in all markets.”

So while Oppenheimer won’t have a theatrical release in cinemas this weekend, it doesn’t mean that it won’t be arriving on Japanese shores soon.

If you’re unfamiliar, then the highly-anticipated movie follows the life of theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer who helped develop the first-ever nuclear bomb.

His work on the top-secret Manhattan Project eventually led to two atomic bombs being detonated by the United States during the Pacific War in 1945.

When the invention was set off, an estimated 200,000 people in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were killed - with the subsequent fallout being equally as devastating.

“I showed it to a filmmaker recently who said it’s kind of a horror movie, he continued, “I don’t disagree.”

Many film fans have already experienced Barbenheimer weekend and have taken to social media to discuss the duo of newly-released movies.

“But give yourself a break in between. Give both movies room to breathe. Have all the emotional fun with Barbie, let it soak in, then see Oppenheimer and sit with the weight of it.”

A third said that Oppenheimer was a: “Phenomenal movie. Unbelievable performance. Christopher Nolan never misses. Need to watch it again.”