The World Sinks Except Japan (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Kohashi Kenji (Actor)
| Matsuo Masatoshi (Actor)
| Shuuji Kashiwabara (Actor)
| Kawasaki Minoru (Director)
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Kevin Kennedy
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November 3, 2009
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November 3, 2009
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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Wally Waffles
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March 11, 2007
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March 11, 2007
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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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