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The World of Kanako(2014)
Status: Released
Date: 2014-07-04
64%
200 Votes
Time: 1h 58m
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Revenue: $6,457,479.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Licri
Movie: The World of Kanako
Top 10 Billed Cast
役所広司
Akikazu Fujishima
小松菜奈
Kanako Fujishima
清水尋也
I / Narrator
妻夫木聡
Detective Asai
オダギリジョー
Detective Aikawa
黒沢あすか
Kiriko Fujishima
國村隼
Dr. Tsujimura
青木崇高
Sakiyama
Megumi Hatachiya
Detective Aikawa's Wife
橋本愛
Morishita
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The World of Kanako Official Trailer 1 (2015) - Kôji Yakusho, Nana Komatsu Movie HD - Trailer
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