Clint Eastwood's movie Hereafter has been yanked from theaters in Japan after Friday's disaster rendered some movie scenes as "inappropriate at this time."
ContactMusic reports that though Japanese films are often rampant with death themes, footage depicting a tsunami were thought to be too disturbing for Japanese viewers.
Starring Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, The Departed), Cecile De France (High Tension), and Bryce Dallas Howard (Spider-Man 3, Terminator Salvation) -- the movie is based on the experiences of 3 people whose lives are each touched by death.
Furthermore, Japan also decided to delay the release of Aftershock, a movie about China's massive Tangshan Earthquake of 1976.
Though the Tangshan earthquake lasted only 23 seconds, it was blamed for the deaths of 240,000-650,000 people -- and is considered to be the largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll.
Aftershock, starring Daoming Chen, Chen Li, Li Yu, was scheduled for release in Japan on March 26. However, in view of recent developments, the film is not expected to show in Japan anytime this year.
Both Aftershock and Hereafter were shown at theToronto International Film Festival in Sept. 2010, before opening in Canadian theaters in October.
Did you know? Hereafter was nominated for an Academy Award under the category of "Best Achievement in Visual Effects."
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