Vu sur ARTE, "Tôkyô 2020/Cinéma japonais : Le cinéma de Shôhei Imamura".
Post-war Japan seen through the ostracism and slow physical & psychological deterioration of hibakusha, their traumatism, fear/paranoïa or full-blown denying, etc, with a few scenes attempting to depict the horror of the bombing aftermath (those moments have the screen filled with details).
Stylistically, it opts for mimicking 50s cinema ― with its good looking B&W, lighting, rythm (maybe acting too?) ― so well you wonder at times if it wasn't made back then. (I didn't know it was from '89 until I read it on the TV program.)
Score: 7/10
Enjoyment: 3/5
Those who seek "important" movies might be disappointed: this is not one about the threat of nuclear power or how terrible the american decision was, but one about Japan and its society of appearances.