The World of Kanako
“Say goodbye to reason.”
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.
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Cast
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Koji Yakusho
Akikazu Fujishima
Known for
Perfect Days
The Boy and the Beast
Nana Komatsu
Kanako Fujishima
Known for
Exit 8
The Last 10 Years
Hiroya Shimizu
I / Narrator
Known for
Yu Yu Hakusho
Pompo the Cinephile
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Detective Asai
Known for
Dororo
The Assassin
Joe Odagiri
Detective Aikawa
Known for
My Way
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Asuka Kurosawa
Kiriko Fujishima
Known for
A Snake of June
Cold Fish
Jun Kunimura
Dr. Tsujimura
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
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Munetaka Aoki
Sakiyama
Known for
Godzilla Minus One
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Megumi Hatachiya
Detective Aikawa's Wife
Also in
Konkatsu Battle Royal
A Day on the Planet
Ai Hashimoto
Morishita
Known for
Confessions
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
Fumi Nikaido
Nami Endo
Known for
Shōgun
Lesson of the Evil
Miki Nakatani
Rie Azuma
Known for
Ring 2
Memories of Matsuko
Tetsuya Nakashima Director · Miako Tadano Screenplay Nobuhiro Monma Screenplay
Worldwide gross $6.5M · United States release December 4, 2015 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$6,457,479
Production
GYAO
Production
Licri
Production
GAGA Corporation
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
渇き。
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 4, 2014
Theatrical
United States · December 4, 2015
Theatrical
United States
October 11, 2014 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Brazil
September 27, 2014 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Canada
September 7, 2014 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Estonia
November 16, 2014 · Theatrical
Finland
September 21, 2014 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
Germany
September 17, 2015 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
November 6, 2014 · Theatrical
Mexico
April 25, 2015 · Theatrical
Poland
November 13, 2014 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 3, 2014 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
December 4, 2014 · Theatrical
Spain
October 6, 2014 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival
Taiwan
September 12, 2014 · Theatrical
Thailand
February 26, 2015 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 13, 2014 · Premiere · London Film Festival
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