The World of Kanako

December. 04,2015      NR
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Koji Yakusho as  Akikazu Fujishima
Nana Komatsu as  Kanako Fujishima
Satoshi Tsumabuki as  Detective Asai
Hiroya Shimizu as  I / Narrator
Fumi Nikaido as  Nami Endo
Ai Hashimoto as  Morishita
Jun Kunimura as  Dr. Tsujimura
Asuka Kurosawa as  Kiriko Fujishima
Munetaka Aoki as  Sakiyama
Joe Odagiri as  Detective Aikawa

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Reviews

Stometer
2015/12/04

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

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ThedevilChoose
2015/12/05

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Taraparain
2015/12/06

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

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Gurlyndrobb
2015/12/07

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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Yashua Kimbrough (jimniexperience)
2015/12/08

Chan Wook Park 'Revenge Trilogy' meets Quentin T 'Jackie Brown' - 'Grindhouse' StyleFantastic follow-up to Tetsuya Nakashima's 'Confessions' ;; Bloody, stylish, beautiful, Insane .Kanako lives in a world fulled with drugs, gangs, prostitution, and loneliness . She has the ability to allure anyone she pleases into a melodic trance of excitement and bliss , and she slowly destroys them withinHer father , ex-detective and fulltime drunk , is summoned to find his missing daughter whom he hasn't seen for 3 years . The father, with buried secrets of his own past, secretly wants to kill his daughter himselfStory about an angelic demon - whom everyone knows is evil, yet everyone still falls for her lustful trap10/10

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Tom Dooley
2015/12/09

This is one of those films that you need to pay attention to. It is about Kanako Fujishima who is a bright and beautiful high school student. She is 'the cool set' all by herself and everyone wants to know her. Then one day she goes missing with no trace and no apparent reason for having done so. She lives with her mum who has divorced her father due to his atrocious behaviour.He was a cop who quit the force around the same time and has become a drug and drink dependant security guard ever since – a state of affairs which has done little to improve his behaviour. However, when their daughter goes missing he is called by his estranged wife to find her. Thus begins a search in which he wants to find his daughter, but in doing so he uncovers a whole side to her that he had never imagined.Now this is a film that I completely loved and was a bit bowled over by to be honest. It starts a bit full on with plenty of blood splatter – a theme that is repeated rather a lot throughout the 114 minute run time. Ex cop Akikazu is a real 'piece of work', brutish, violent, paradoxical and about as likable as a bout of gangrene.He explodes onto the screen is a flurry of abuse which he sort of maintains throughout. He drives a 1970's Nissan Gloria which is in keeping with a lot of the styling here. That being the opening sequences are very seventies and full of Batman like words imposed in cartoon on the screen – mainly violent or profane. There is animation throughout too. It is violent, it is bonkers in places and to my amazement I actually laughed a couple of times. There are a few minor issues with continuity but nothing that could possibly detract from the overall impact of this great piece of Japanese movie making.

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sol-
2015/12/10

A jaded Japanese detective reevaluates his faded memories of his estranged teenage daughter when asked by his ex-wife to investigate her disappearance in this one-of-a-kind crime drama directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. The film is assembled with a very vibrant visual style that varies from rapid fire edits to bouts of animation to slow paced, leisurely shots that bask in the beauty of Christmas lights. The film also begins in a curious anti-narrative manner as the protagonist's memories are mixed with clips of his daughter partying and the police quizzing him. Narrative point-of-view is also broken for several flashbacks told from his daughter's boyfriend's perspective. Given the plot and stylistic touches, the film is perhaps best described as 'Kill Bill' meets 'The Third Man' and it gets points for originality alone. The dialogue is full of philosophical quips too about how some of us are not "cut out to be a human being" and how easy it is "to fall into a hole so deep" that you keep falling. Yet, for all its daringness and intelligence, the film does not entirely work. The actual solution to the girl's disappearance is mundane and the value of all the red herrings is debatable, especially the question mark placed over the true nature of his relationship to his daughter, but it does cause one to think. The ultimate messages at hand are relatively simple (not everyone is who you think they are; some vices in life are dangerous), however, the emotional roller-coaster is a hard experience to shake. This is an effective film in that it gets you in the protagonist's mind and forces you to question how you would react. The Harry Lime dynamic also works well with a protagonist as naïve as Holly Martins. This is not however the easiest film under the sun to endure.

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Eryk Kortryk
2015/12/11

This film was not at all what I expected, and I mean that in the best possible way. It's a 2014 Japanese crime/mystery film that really pulls the wool over your eyes at every possible turn. The story centers around a former detective now drunkard, Akikazu Fujishima, who years ago caught his wife cheating. After she left with their daughter, Kanako, he loses his job and spirals even further down. Years later Kanako goes missing and he must do everything he can to find her. Many secrets are revealed and almost every character turns out to not be quite who you think they may be. It's difficult to talk about the film without spoiling anything so I'll just leave it at that. Overall it's well written, well directed, and the story unfolds in a satisfying and creative way. Some scenes use too many quick cuts but it doesn't happen often enough to deter my enjoyment of the film. Fair warning though, as much as I've been hyping this film up it's NOT an uplifting story. If you're not into depressing stories then you should stay away. But if you're looking for a good crime/mystery and you don't mind that then this film is for you.

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