The World of Kanako(2015)

Name: The World of Kanako
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: Dec 4, 2015
Cast: Kôji Yakusho, Nana Komatsu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroya Shimizu

Drafthouse Films

1h 58m

Release Date: Dec 4, 2015

As former detective Akikazu searches for his missing daughter, Kanako, he soon learns she has a mysterious secret life.

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Release Details

2015 Re-release | Dec 4, 2015 | Limited

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2025-01-31T12:38:21.422Z

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$6,834
Total US & Canada:
$16,627
Total International
$6,611,265
Total Worldwide:
$6,627,892

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Director & Top Cast

Tetsuya Nakashima
Director

Kôji Yakusho
Akikazu Fujishima

Nana Komatsu
Kanako Fujishima

Satoshi Tsumabuki
Detective Asai

Hiroya Shimizu
I, narrator

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Japan

Language: Japanese

Summaries

Storyline

Kanako, a beautiful girl and one of the best students at school, goes missing with all the belongings left behind in her room. Her father Akikazu is now asked by his ex-wife to look for their daughter. He starts a desperate search of Kanako using any means, in the hope of getting his "ideal" family back in place despite the fact that the very reason of the family breakup was because of his problematic personality and behaviors. Following tracks of her past and present and talking to her "friends," he starts to get to know his daughter whom he never knew or didn't even attempt to know. When Akikazu is led to one clue, he realizes the world Kanako was facing beyond his imagination... Can the father find his daughter, and get back his perfect happy family he has dreamed of after all these years? — Busan International Film Festival Follows troubled ex-detective Akikazu (Kôji Yakusho, 13 Assassins, Babel) on the hunt for his missing teenage daughter, Kanako. What he discovers in his search is an unsettling and harrowing web of depravity--surrounding both Kanako and himself. As Akizaku stumbles along a shocking trail of drugs, sex and violence, he finds himself woefully unprepared for the revelations that affect all he holds dear. — Drafthouse Films

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The World of Kanako(2015)

Box Office Results

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Director & Top Cast

Tetsuya Nakashima

Kôji Yakusho

Nana Komatsu

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Hiroya Shimizu

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