The World of Kanako (2014)
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.
Director:
Tetsuya Nakashima
Writers:
Tetsuya Nakashima, Nobuhiro Monma, Miako Tadano.
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Koji Yakusho as Akikazu Fujishima |
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Nana Komatsu as Kanako Fujishima |
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Hiroya Shimizu as I / Narrator |
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Satoshi Tsumabuki as Detective Asai |
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Joe Odagiri as Detective Aikawa |
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Asuka Kurosawa as Kiriko Fujishima |
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Jun Kunimura as Dr. Tsujimura |
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Munetaka Aoki as Sakiyama |
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Megumi Hatachiya as Detective Aikawa's Wife |
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Ai Hashimoto as Morishita |
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Fumi Nikaido as Nami Endo |
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Miki Nakatani as Rie Azuma |
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Aoi Morikawa as Tomoko Nagano |
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Mahiro Takasugi as Yasuhiro Matsunaga |
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Shono Hayama as Seiji Ogata |
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Jin Hoshino as Ogata |
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Hiroki Nakajima as Shimazu |
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Daichi Watanabe as Hiroshi Kawamoto |
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Ryo Matsuura as Katsumi |
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Yumeno Kato as Yoko |
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Yoshio Kou as Yoshinori Chou |
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Kaisei Kamimura as Kanaki |
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Kazunori Mimura as Shimazu's Friend (uncredited) |
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Haruka Saito as Shimazu's Friend (uncredited) |
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Megumi Hataraya as Aikawa's Wife (uncredited) |
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Shunya Ohira as Matsunaga's Friend (uncredited) |
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Ayaka Nakata as Hospital Receptionist (uncredited) |
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Kanji Furutachi as Police Officer (uncredited) |
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Airi Kido as Middle School Classmate (uncredited) |
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Monica Sahara as Party Girl (uncredited) |
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Daiki Satô as Party Boy (uncredited) |
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Kentarō Shimazu as Police Officer (uncredited) |
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Aya Takeko as Woman in Commercial (uncredited) |
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Hannah Nishino as Daughter in Commercial (uncredited) |
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Rena Shimura as (uncredited) |
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Sarina Yamada as (uncredited) |
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Satoshi Koji as (uncredited) |
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Taiki Sato as (uncredited) |
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Sonomi Hoshino as (uncredited) |
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Hiroshi Kobayashi as (uncredited) |
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Kenji Kawahara as (uncredited) |
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Haruki Takano as (uncredited) |
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Tōru Shinagawa as (uncredited) |
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Hinata Shizaki as (uncredited) |
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Mai Tezuka as (uncredited) |
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Maika Ohtsu as Family restaurant girl |
| Directing | Tetsuya Nakashima | Director |
| Camera | Shôichi Atô | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Seitaro Kai | Assistant Director |
| Art | Toshihiro Isomi | Art Direction |
| Production | Yutaka Suzuki | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Masato Yano | Sound Designer |
| Production | Tatsumi Yoda | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kazuo Nakanishi | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Tetsuya Nakashima | Screenplay |
| Art | Toshiharu Nakamae | Production Design |
| Production | Naohito Miyamoto | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Nobuhiro Monma | Screenplay |
| Sound | Yoko Kanno | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Satomi Odake | Producer |
| Editing | Yoshiyuki Koike | Editor |
| Writing | Miako Tadano | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Satoshi Yamazaki | Hairstylist |
| Production | Yutaka Suzuki | Producer |
| Sound | Gabriele Conti | Assistant Sound Engineer |
| Art | China Hayashi | Set Decoration |
| Visual Effects | Takayuki Masuo | CGI Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hiromi Shintani | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Satoshi Yamazaki | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Mizuki Ito | Sound Designer |
| Production | Junjiro Kurosawa | Casting |
| Crew | Marco Streccioni | Score Engineer |
| Sound | Marco Streccioni | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Toyohiko Kanahashi | Music Producer |
| Production | Eiji Murano | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Takayuki Masuo | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Masato Yano | Sound |
| Sound | Masato Yano | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Kumiko Hosokawa | Casting |
| Visual Effects | Masahide Yanagawase | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Lighting | Shin Takakura | Gaffer |
| Production | Kenji Kato | Line Producer |
| Crew | Gabriele Conti | Score Engineer |
| Art | Toshiharu Nakamae | Set Designer |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Tsuchiya | Visual Effects Producer |
| Writing | Akio Fukamachi | Story |
| Writing | Akio Fukamachi | Novel |
| Production | Fumitsugu Ijuin | Associate Producer |