The World Sinks Except Japan (2006)

Original title

日本以外全部沈没

Directed by

Minoru Kawasaki

Genre

comedy film, speculative fiction film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A black comedy where Japan survives a global disaster while all other nations sink into the ocean. The film mocks nationalism and racism by showing how humans are helpless against catastrophe.

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What happens

Nihon Igai Zenbu Chinbotsu (日本以外全部沈没; lit. 'Everything Other than Japan Sinks') is a 2006 Japanese black comedy film directed by Minoru Kawasaki, as a parody of the 2006 film Sinking of Japan. It is based on the 1973 short story of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui (a parody of the novel Japan Sinks, released the same year), which criticizes nationalism and racism. It also describes humans as powerless against disaster. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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