TIFFCOM 2006: Minoru Kawasaki's THE WORLD SINKS EXCEPT JAPAN (NIHON IGAI ZENBU CHINBOTSU)

A downloadable version of the trailers would be cool - MOV, AVI, MPG, WMV, whatever. Not all of us live in countries with broadband in every home.

I'm trying to get in touch w/Blake Crawford one of the actors in the movie - if you know how to find him please e-mail me @ wynneacu@gmail.com - thanks

I saw it. It's a bit hard to watch in some places - Gajin Attack Team for crying out loud!

Just watched this tonight. Dreadfully unfunny. And so many missed opportunities for satire, but I'm thinking this kind of spook if beyond Japanese filmmakers. SO they got caucasians who can speak fluent Japanese—a couple who can even act (just)—but they do precious little with them. The filmmakers must have thought that only American celebrity culture would be worth a tweak if the world did indeed sink, since those are the characters who get most of the screen time. Plenty of "foreigner" fear to go around, but all of it so toothless it doesn't garner any laughs. Perhaps if they'd been a little more scathing in their portrayal of Americans—sommething even AMERICANS do better than this—they might have had something. As it is, this is laboured "comedy." I didn't laugh once and, having seen hundreds of Japanese films over the years—including some very funny comedies and satires—I can't imagine Japanese audiences found this particularly compelling either.