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The World of Kanako
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The World of Kanako

Jul 4, 2014
1h 58m
★ 6.4

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.

Genres

Mystery
Crime
Thriller

Production Companies

GYAO
Licri
GAGA Corporation

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Cast

Koji Yakusho

Akikazu Fujishima

Koji Yakusho

Nana Komatsu

Kanako Fujishima

Nana Komatsu

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Detective Asai

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Hiroya Shimizu

I / Narrator

Hiroya Shimizu

Fumi Nikaido

Nami Endo

Fumi Nikaido

Ai Hashimoto

Morishita

Ai Hashimoto

Jun Kunimura

Dr. Tsujimura

Jun Kunimura

Asuka Kurosawa

Kiriko Fujishima

Asuka Kurosawa

Munetaka Aoki

Sakiyama

Munetaka Aoki

Joe Odagiri

Detective Aikawa

Joe Odagiri

Miki Nakatani

Rie Azuma

Miki Nakatani

Aoi Morikawa

Tomoko Nagano

Aoi Morikawa

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