Kanako, a beautiful girl and one of the best students at school, goes missing with all the belongings left behind in her room. Her father Akikazu is now asked by his ex-wife to look for their daughter. He starts a desperate search of Kanako using any means, in the hope of getting his "ideal" family back in place despite the fact that the very reason of the family breakup was because of his problematic personality and behaviors. Following tracks of her past and present and talking to her friends, he starts to get to know his daughter whom he never knew.
Kanako is one hell of a fast-paced, LSD-trippy, bleak portrayal on human beings. It's all done in one long breath and the exhalation is a bloody, depressing conclusion, and I love it. The desperate searching father is played by a personal favorite of mine, Koji Yakusho (Shall We Dance?), and the rest of the cast is played by a whole lot of recognizable actors, Joe Odagiri (The Great Passage) e.g. As I said, Kanako doesn't exactly glow with optimism and hope, but you could also say that it shows life as it is for many people: a nightmarish existence which you'd rather just be done with. Director Tetsuya Nakashima, who've previously directed great films such as Confessions (2010) and Memories of Matsuko (2006), certainly doesn't pull any punches when it comes to expose the cruelties humans are capable of.
Genre: Crime/Drama/Mystery
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