The World of Kanako
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
When beautiful, straight-A high school student Kanako goes missing, her mother asks ex-husband Akikazu – a drifting, irresponsible former cop – to find their daughter. He embarks on a desperate search in the hope of reuniting his "perfect family"... by any means necessary. But as his investigation progresses, Akikazu starts to discover the darkness that lies behind his daughter’s impeccable facade. Clue by clue, revelation by revelation, he starts his descent into the hellish underworld of Kanako’s secret life.
When his daughter goes missing, a former cop uncovers her hellish secret life.
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Nana Komatsu
Member Reviews
Whoah. Chaotic, episodic, wildly violent and strangely beautiful.
So dark and so good. No redeemable characters here. I need to hear what Joe Bob has to say about this one!
This movie is craaaazy .. just make sure to pause it if you need to blink 😂 Tarantino needs to take notes.
Koji Yashuko is amazing and the story had lots of interesting twists and turns that kept me engaged. Imagine if Leland Palmer was replaced with Harvey Keitel from Bad Lieutenant. The undercurrent is a narrative about generational clash, parental neglect and drug hysteria through the lens of a deteriorating family unit.
Well, this was kind of confusing. Wasn’t sure what was real and what wasn’t. I mean, clearly Dad was a psychopath, but was he imaging everything? Everyone was a POS in this one. Absolutely no redeeming qualities to any character. Also, I don’t think they knew what style they wanted to shoot the movie in. I didn’t hate, but one watch is enough.