
Sham Nation
1987-01-01 · 52 min · Not rated
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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- Released
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