Japan Synopsis
渇き。
“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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The World of Kanako. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From GYAO
Mystery + Crime in Japan
92 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Mystery and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The World of Kanako itself).
The 2013–2015 Japan Window
The World of Kanako holds position #371 of 546 Japan films in the 2013–2015 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The World of Kanako premiered alongside 186 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.
The 2990th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
153 audience reviews — more than 82% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (82th percentile) outruns trending popularity (58th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The World of Kanako, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- ex-cop · 4
- ex-husband ex-wife relationship · 2
- secret life · 1
- father daughter relationship · 29
- bullying · 27
- police corruption · 19
- drug abuse · 6
- japan · 454
- yakuza · 93
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,083 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Mystery productions specifically: #302 of 426 (top 71%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | GYAO, Licri, GAGA Corporation |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | July 4, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3108158 |
| Official Site | kawaki.gaga.ne.jp |