The World of Kanako
“Say goodbye to reason.”
Synopsis
When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother turns to her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation unfolds, his idealized image of Kanako begins to fracture: the girl is hiding a dark life that her father cannot even imagine.
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Principal cast & crew: 19
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Edited by Yoshiyuki KoikeShot by Shoichi AtoDesigned by Toshiharu Nakamae
Box Office
2014 · Box office
Grossed $6.5M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$6.5M
Re-release box office
- 20163 theaters
- $5K($8K today)
- 201512 theaters
- $21K($30K today)
- Total re-release
- $27K
Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation
Also known as
- The World Of Kanakode
- The World of Kanakoen
- El mundo de Kanakoes
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Cast & Crew
19 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Jun Kunimura
as Dr.Tsujimura
Miki Nakatani
as Rie Azuma
Fumi Nikaido
as Nami Endo (Kanako's ex-middle school classmate)
Ai Hashimoto
as Emi Morishita (Kanako's high school friend)
Hiroya Shimizu
as narrator
Koji Yakusho
as Akikazu Fujishima
Nana Komatsu
as Kanako Fujishima
Satoshi Tsumabuki
as Detective Asai
Joe Odagiri
as Detective Aikawa
Aoi Morikawa
as Tomoko Nagano
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