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The World of Kanako

The World of Kanako

Mystery · Crime · Thriller · 2014

When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.

Movie details

The World of Kanako

“Say goodbye to reason.”

2014 Mystery · Crime · Thriller 1h 58m

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

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When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tetsuya Nakashima

Written by

Tetsuya Nakashima · Nobuhiro Monma · Miako Tadano · Akio Fukamachi

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Akikazu Fujishima

Nana Komatsu

Nana Komatsu

Kanako Fujishima

Hiroya Shimizu

Hiroya Shimizu

I / Narrator

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Detective Asai

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Detective Aikawa

Asuka Kurosawa

Asuka Kurosawa

Kiriko Fujishima

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Dr. Tsujimura

Court is in session

Put The World of Kanako on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.