It's 2011, and due to global warming and the shifting of tectonic plates, most of the Earth's land mass has sunk beneath the surface of the ocean.  Only Japan remains, and refugees from all nations try to incorporate themselves into Japanese society: famous American actors do TV costume samurai dramas, white women serve as French maids for middle-class families, the former leaders of China and South Korea act as lapdogs for the Prime Minister, and foreigners who don't sufficiently blend in are arrested!  Yet geologists have begun to detect signs of another looming global catastrophe, one that threatens to destroy the last piece of Earth remaining.  Based on a satirical novella published in the 1970s, 'The World Sinks Except Japan' turns sci-fi on its head to create a surreal alternate universe that's alternately hilarious and heartfelt, and where nothing is sacred as long as it's funny!