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The World of Kanako

2014-07-041h 58mMystery / Crime / Thriller6.4/10TMDB · 229 votes

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.

“Say goodbye to reason.”

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Directed byTetsuya Nakashima

Original languageJapanese

Original release2014-07-04

ProductionJapan

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Koji YakushoAkikazu Fujishima

Nana KomatsuKanako Fujishima

Hiroya ShimizuI / Narrator

Satoshi TsumabukiDetective Asai

Joe OdagiriDetective Aikawa

Asuka KurosawaKiriko Fujishima

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Jun KunimuraDr. Tsujimura Munetaka AokiSakiyama Megumi HatachiyaDetective Aikawa's Wife Ai HashimotoMorishita Fumi NikaidoNami Endo Miki NakataniRie Azuma Aoi MorikawaTomoko Nagano Mahiro TakasugiYasuhiro Matsunaga Shono HayamaSeiji Ogata Jin HoshinoOgata Hiroki NakajimaShimazu Daichi WatanabeHiroshi Kawamoto Ryo MatsuuraKatsumi Yumeno KatoYoko Yoshio KouYoshinori Chou Kaisei KamimuraKanaki Kazunori MimuraShimazu's Friend (uncredited)Haruka SaitoShimazu's Friend (uncredited)Megumi HatarayaAikawa's Wife (uncredited)Shunya OhiraMatsunaga's Friend (uncredited)Ayaka NakataHospital Receptionist (uncredited)Kanji FurutachiPolice Officer (uncredited)Airi KidoMiddle School Classmate (uncredited)Monica SaharaParty Girl (uncredited)Daiki SatôParty Boy (uncredited)Kentarō ShimazuPolice Officer (uncredited)Aya TakekoWoman in Commercial (uncredited)Hannah NishinoDaughter in Commercial (uncredited)Rena Shimura(uncredited)Sarina Yamada(uncredited)Satoshi Koji(uncredited)Taiki Sato(uncredited)Sonomi Hoshino(uncredited)Hiroshi Kobayashi(uncredited)Kenji Kawahara(uncredited)Haruki Takano(uncredited)Tōru Shinagawa(uncredited)Hinata Shizaki(uncredited)Mai Tezuka(uncredited)Maika OhtsuFamily restaurant girl

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