The World Sinks Except Japan (US Version) DVD Region 1
Murano Takenori (Actor)
| Kawasaki Minoru (Director)
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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 (US Version) The World Sinks Except Japan (US Version) The World Sinks Except Japan (US Version) The World Sinks Except Japan (US Version) The World Sinks Except Japan (US Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Murano Takenori (Actor) Murano Takenori (Actor) Murano Takenori (Actor) 村野武範 (Actor) Murano Takenori (Actor) |
| Director: | Kawasaki Minoru 河崎實 河崎实 河崎実 Kawasaki Minoru |
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| Release Date: | 2008-11-18 |
| UPC Code: | 654930307991 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Color Information: | Color |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it? |
| Publisher: | Ryko Distribution |
| Package Weight: | 150 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1012158930 |
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Director: Minoru Kawasaki
DVD Features:
NTSC
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Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - Japanese
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Introduction: Cast / Director
Featurette: MAKING OF
Audio Commentary: Minoru Kawasaki, Director; Takenori Murano, Actor
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
NTSC
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - Japanese
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Introduction: Cast / Director
Featurette: MAKING OF
Audio Commentary: Minoru Kawasaki, Director; Takenori Murano, Actor
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
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Kevin Kennedy
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November 3, 2009
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Silly disaster film parody
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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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"Today's gaijin forcast..."
"Today's gaijin forcast..."
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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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