Movie

The World of Kanako

2014 · 118 min

A relentless, ugly descent into obsession and depravity, told in fractured flashbacks that leave you feeling battered and complicit.

Tagline: 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.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and cynical. Relentless and demanding.
About: Obsession, corruption, revenge, betrayal
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
corruption
revenge
betrayal
violence
Places: big city
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong