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Based on a 2005 novel by Akio Fukamachi, often deemed unfilmable due to the lurid nature of the narrative, and drawing comparisons to groundbreaking Asian cinema genre classics such as Kim Jee-woon's I Saw the Devil, Park Chan-wook's Oldboy and Takashi Miike's Ichi The Killer, The World Of Kanako is an expertly-crafted, relentless sledgehammer to the senses. Critical and popular response to the film in Japan prompted Nakashima to release a statement which helped audiences understand the "grotesque" nature of the film.
In The World Of Kanako, broken ex-detective Akikazu (the prolific Kôji Yakusho
13 Assassins, Babel, Shall We Dance?) searches for his missing teenage daughter (newcomer Nana Komatsu), only to discover that she may not be the person who he once thought she was a shocking trail of drugs, sex and violence. Kanako is Nakashima's ninth feature, following the highly acclaimed and equally devastating Confessions, Japan's submission to the 2011 Academy Awards.
Original Release
06/27/2014
US Release
12/04/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Koji Yakusho | Akikazu Fujishima |
Nana Komatsu | Kanako Fujishima |
Satoshi Tsumabuki | Detective Asai |
Hiroya Shimizu | narrator / I |
Fumi Nikaido | Nami Endo (Kanako's ex-middle school classmate) / Nami Endo |
Ai Hashimoto | Emi Morishita (Kanako's high school friend) / Morishita |
Jun Kunimura | Dr.Tsujimura / Dr. Tsujimura |
Joe Odagiri | Detective Aikawa |
Miki Nakatani | Rie Azuma |
Aoi Morikawa | Tomoko Nagano |
Directors
Writers
Tetsuya Nakashima, Akio Fukamachi, Miako Tadano, Nobuhiro Monma
Cast
Name | Character |
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Koji Yakusho | Akikazu Fujishima |
Nana Komatsu | Kanako Fujishima |
Satoshi Tsumabuki | Detective Asai |
Hiroya Shimizu | narrator / I |
Fumi Nikaido | Nami Endo (Kanako's ex-middle school classmate) / Nami Endo |
Ai Hashimoto | Emi Morishita (Kanako's high school friend) / Morishita |
Jun Kunimura | Dr.Tsujimura / Dr. Tsujimura |
Joe Odagiri | Detective Aikawa |
Miki Nakatani | Rie Azuma |
Aoi Morikawa | Tomoko Nagano |
Munetaka Aoki | Sakiyama |
Asuka Kurosawa | Kiriko Fujishima |
Mahiro Takasugi | Yasuhiro Matsunaga |
Shono Hayama | Boy with blonde hair / Seiji Ogata |
Hiroki Nakajima | Shimazu |
Emma | Kanako's friend at party |
Kanji Furutachi | Policeman |
Megumi Hataraya | Aikawa's wife |
Jin Hoshino | Seiji Ogata |
Kaisei Kamimura | Shimazu's friend / Kanaki |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Naohito Miyamoto | Executive Producer |
Kazuo Nakanishi | Executive Producer |
Tatsumi Yoda | Executive Producer |
Yutaka Suzuki | Executive Producer |
Kenji Kato | Producer |
Eiji Murano | Producer |
Satomi Odake | Producer |
Yutaka Suzuki | Producer |