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Sham Nation

1987-01-01 · 52 min · Not rated

Science Fiction · Horror

In a distorted near-future Japan ruled by paranoia and illusion, wandering outsiders struggle to survive within a crumbling artificial nation where identity, authority, and reality itself begin to collapse.

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Yoshihiro Nishimura
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Japan
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