
The World of Kanako
Say goodbye to reason.
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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About The World of Kanako
- Directors
- Tetsuya Nakashima
- Cast
- Koji Yakusho, Nana Komatsu, Hiroya Shimizu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Joe Odagiri, Asuka Kurosawa
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime, Thriller
- Content rating
- NR
- Original language
- Japanese
- Production countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
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