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Catalog/Drama/The World of Kanako
The World of Kanako poster
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Excellent
MASTER SCORE 76.0 / 100
2014·Drama / Mystery / Thriller·1h 58m

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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Tetsuya Nakashima·DirectorTetsuya Nakashima·ScreenplayNobuhiro Monma·ScreenplayShôichi Atô·Director of PhotographyYoko Kanno·Original Music ComposerYoshiyuki Koike·Editor
Cast
Koji Yakusho·Akikazu FujishimaNana Komatsu·Kanako FujishimaHiroya Shimizu·I / NarratorSatoshi Tsumabuki·Detective AsaiJoe Odagiri·Detective AikawaAsuka Kurosawa·Kiriko FujishimaJun Kunimura·Dr. TsujimuraMunetaka Aoki·SakiyamaMegumi Hatachiya·Detective Aikawa's WifeAi Hashimoto·Morishita
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 2
Tetsuya Nakashima·DirectorSeitaro Kai·Assistant Director
Writing· 4
Tetsuya Nakashima·ScreenplayNobuhiro Monma·ScreenplayMiako Tadano·ScreenplayAkio Fukamachi·Story
Camera· 1
Shôichi Atô·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Yoshiyuki Koike·Editor
Sound & Music· 6
Yoko Kanno·Original Music ComposerMasato Yano·Sound DesignerGabriele Conti·Assistant Sound EngineerMizuki Ito·Sound DesignerMarco Streccioni·Sound EngineerToyohiko Kanahashi·Music Producer
Art & Design· 5
Toshihiro Isomi·Art DirectionToshiharu Nakamae·Production DesignChina Hayashi·Set DecorationHiromi Shintani·Costume DesignerSatoshi Yamazaki·Makeup Artist
Production· 8
Yutaka Suzuki·Executive ProducerTatsumi Yoda·Executive ProducerKazuo Nakanishi·Executive ProducerNaohito Miyamoto·Executive ProducerSatomi Odake·ProducerYutaka Suzuki·ProducerJunjiro Kurosawa·CastingEiji Murano·Associate Producer
Other Departments· 3
Satoshi Yamazaki·HairstylistTakayuki Masuo·CGI DirectorMarco Streccioni·Score Engineer
By the Numbers
76.0
OF 100
Master Score
6.5
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$6M
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind The World of Kanako's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
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Mood
Ominous, Unsettling
Composition
Centered
Era
2010s
Visual Style
Photographic

“A young East Asian woman with long, straight black hair and bangs stands facing forward, wearing a white short-sleeved collared shirt and a striped blue, red, a”

mysterythrillerdrama
Key Elements
Blood SplattersBow TieWhite Shirt
Atmosphere
Gritty
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Abstract
Design Score
7/10
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