# The World of Kanako (2014)

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**Original title**: *渇き。*
**Runtime**: 118 min
**Genres**: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
**Directed by**: Tetsuya Nakashima
**Written by**: Tetsuya Nakashima, Miako Tadano, Nobuhiro Monma
**Starring**: Koji Yakusho, Nana Komatsu, Hiroya Shimizu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Joe Odagiri, Asuka Kurosawa

> *Say goodbye to reason.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Forest-green bus stop at dawn, the 5:17 a.m. ticket still clutched in a schoolgirl’s hand. A mother watches home video of perfect daughter until the tape turns static. Father shreds a badge to find the girl who was never that good.

**Mood tags**: gut-punch, paranoid, raw, unhinged

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