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The World Sinks Except Japan (Hong Kong Version) VCD

Kohashi Kenji (Actor) | Matsuo Masatoshi (Actor) | Shuuji Kashiwabara (Actor) | Kawasaki Minoru (Director)
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All Editions Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (2)

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2006 saw the high-profile release of Higuchi Shinji's blockbuster disaster film Sinking of Japan based on renowned sci-fi author Sakyo Komatsu's bestselling novel. But many film fans were more excited about Kawasaki Minoru's spoof film The World Sinks Except Japan based on renowned sci-fi satirist Tsutsui Yasutaka's short novel. Positing the exact opposite scenario as Sinking of Japan, the film presents a world in which only Japan is above water, and what a world it is! Japanese is the lingua franca, foreign women are employed as maids, homeless refugees are used as Godzilla film extras, and Hollywood stars are reduced to disreputable jobs. Outlandishly surreal (or is it?) and completely politically incorrect, The World Sinks Except Japan is chock-full of tongue-in-cheek humor and outrageous satire. Nothing is sacred in this mind-bogglingly uproarious film starring Kohashi Kenji (Azumi), Kashiwabara Shuuji (Who's Camus Anyway), and Matsuo Masatoshi (Mizuchi).

The creative duo of director Kawasaki Minoru and writer Migita Masakazu have found something of a cult following in the last few years with their hilariously inventive films. Their 2004 film Calamari Wrestler was a low-budget inspirational sports film in which the wrestlers just so happen to be giant walking seafood. In 2005, they created Executive Koala, a psychodrama about an ordinary salaryman who gets implicated in a murder case; said salaryman also just so happens to be a man-sized koala. This time, Kawasaki leaves the animal suits behind for straight-out insanity in the human world, pulling no stops to offend and amuse, all in the spirit of laughter of course.

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Product Title: The World Sinks Except Japan (Hong Kong Version) 日本以外全部沉沒 (香港版) 日本以外全部沉没 (香港版) 日本以外全部沈没 （香港版） The World Sinks Except Japan (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s): Kohashi Kenji (Actor) | Matsuo Masatoshi (Actor) | Shuuji Kashiwabara (Actor) 小橋賢兒 (Actor) | 松尾政壽 (Actor) | 柏原收史 (Actor) 小桥贤儿 (Actor) | Matsuo Masatoshi (Actor) | Shuuji Kashiwabara (Actor) 小橋賢児 (Actor) | 松尾政寿 (Actor) | Shuuji Kashiwabara (Actor) Kohashi Kenji (Actor) | Matsuo Masatoshi (Actor) | Shuuji Kashiwabara (Actor)
Director: Kawasaki Minoru 河崎實 河崎实 河崎実 Kawasaki Minoru
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Release Date: 2007-01-11
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin: Japan
Disc Format(s): VCD
Duration: 98 (mins)
Publisher: Panorama (HK)
Other Information: 2VCDs
Package Weight: 120 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004613677

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導演︰河崎實
Director: Minoru Kawasaki

獻給64億420萬的日本以外所有人口
一部向小松左京原著的科幻傑作「日本沉沒」致敬的喜劇
比「日本沉沒」去得更盡、更徹底

　　2011年地殼出現離奇變動，全世界都沉沒，祇剩下日本！正當世界各國土地相繼沉沒之際，各國元首都對日本土地虎視眈眈，不惜用各種手段去令日本割讓土地，一時之間日本成為世界上最重要的地方... 外國人難民成為嚴重的社會問題，世界各國的元首、名人、甚至電影明星為了滯留日本，拼命學習日語或設法歸化；日本政府並且以超法規的措置成立了處理外人問題的「對外國人專用特殊部隊GAT(Gaijin Attack Team)」來加以應對…

原典︰小松左京
原作︰筒井康隆
監修︰實相寺昭雄

　　What would happen if all the continents in the world sank, leaving only Japan above water? Now the only superpower in the world, Japan is able to dictate the law. English as the global language? Not any more. Whale meat back on the menu? You bet. This is a world where 12.5 million non-Japanese refugees are homeless and Schwarzenegger is reduced to performing tricks in bars for money. This hilarious satire pokes fun at global superpowers, western traditions and foreign immigrants. And remember, it could happen!
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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (2)

Kevin Kennedy
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November 3, 2009

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Silly disaster film parody Customer Review Rated Bad 6 - 6 out of 10
In "The World Sinks Except Japan", seismic shifts cause one continent after another to sink beneath the oceans. Only Japan is left above water and it is to Japan that the world's refugees flock. This disaster film parody has a great premise and takes delight in skewering corrupt politicians, Japanese xenophobia, the pomposity of Hollywood movie stars, and other themes.

Unfortunately, the film suffers from crummy production values and dreadful performances by some of its amateurish cast. Comedy usually requires dialogue to be delivered at breakneck speed. Comic dialogue is like table tennis; the conversational ball needs to be batted back and forth sharply and deftly. Here, however, the dialogue too often is delivered much too slowly, draining the comedic energy from the scenes.

Intermittently amusing, "The World Sinks Except Japan" is worth a look. Its conceptual humor often is hilarious. However, in between the bits that work, there is an awful lot that, through poor execution, simply doesn't work.
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March 11, 2007

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 "Today's gaijin forcast..." Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
This parody of "Sinking of Japan" is hilariously anti-foreigner, complete with a weather-forcast-like report warning Japanese citizens to lock their doors, never go outside alone, and avoid foreigner-dense areas.

There's something amusing about seeing several Westerners speaking slurred yet fluent Japanese in a bar, while others struggle to spit out a complete sentance of crappy Japanese. (Strangely enough, several of the "Americans" spoke better Japanese than English; Elizabeth's English was so horrible that even I couldn't understand her without the subtitles.)
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