The World of Kanako

The World of Kanako

Say goodbye to reason.

2014•1h 58m•6.5/10

MysteryCrimeThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(207)

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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Production

GYAO, Licri, GAGA Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Akikazu Fujishima

Nana Komatsu

Nana Komatsu

Kanako Fujishima

Hiroya Shimizu

Hiroya Shimizu

I / Narrator

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Detective Asai

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Detective Aikawa

Asuka Kurosawa

Asuka Kurosawa

Kiriko Fujishima

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Dr. Tsujimura

Munetaka Aoki

Munetaka Aoki

Sakiyama

Megumi Hatachiya

Megumi Hatachiya

Detective Aikawa's Wife

Ai Hashimoto

Ai Hashimoto

Morishita

Fumi Nikaido

Fumi Nikaido

Nami Endo

Miki Nakatani

Miki Nakatani

Rie Azuma

Aoi Morikawa

Aoi Morikawa

Tomoko Nagano

Mahiro Takasugi

Mahiro Takasugi

Yasuhiro Matsunaga

Shono Hayama

Shono Hayama

Seiji Ogata

Jin Hoshino

Ogata

Hiroki Nakajima

Hiroki Nakajima

Shimazu

Daichi Watanabe

Daichi Watanabe

Hiroshi Kawamoto

Ryo Matsuura

Ryo Matsuura

Katsumi

Yumeno Kato

Yoko

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