The World of Kanako

Nan
1h 58m
2014
6.444 /10 (187)

Say goodbye to reason.

Overview

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.

Country : Japan
Languages : 日本語
Released Date: 2014-07-04

Top Billed Cast

Koji Yakusho

Akikazu Fujishima

Nana Komatsu

Kanako Fujishima

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Detective Asai

Hiroya Shimizu

I / Narrator

Fumi Nikaido

Nami Endo

Ai Hashimoto

Morishita

Jun Kunimura

Dr. Tsujimura

Asuka Kurosawa

Kiriko Fujishima

Munetaka Aoki

Sakiyama

Joe Odagiri

Detective Aikawa

Miki Nakatani

Rie Azuma

Aoi Morikawa

Tomoko Nagano

Mahiro Takasugi

Yasuhiro Matsunaga

Shono Hayama

Seiji Ogata

Hiroki Nakajima

Shimazu

Daichi Watanabe

Hiroshi Kawamoto

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