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The World

The World

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2004
2h 20m
7.0(79 votes)
Drama

Overview

At Beijing World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the city’s suburbs, a security guard betrays his dancer girlfriend by pursuing another woman.

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Office Kitano
Shanghai Film Group
Bandai Visual
Tokyo FM
dentsu
TV Asahi
Bitters End
Celluloid Dreams

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