Summaries

As former detective Akikazu searches for his missing daughter, Kanako, he soon learns she has a mysterious secret life.

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 or didn't even attempt to know. When Akikazu is led to one clue, he realizes the world Kanako was facing beyond his imagination... Can the father find his daughter, and get back his perfect happy family he has dreamed of after all these years?—Busan International Film Festival

Follows troubled ex-detective Akikazu (Kôji Yakusho, 13 Assassins, Babel) on the hunt for his missing teenage daughter, Kanako. What he discovers in his search is an unsettling and harrowing web of depravity--surrounding both Kanako and himself. As Akizaku stumbles along a shocking trail of drugs, sex and violence, he finds himself woefully unprepared for the revelations that affect all he holds dear.—Drafthouse Films

Details

Keywords
  • rape
  • japanese schoolgirl
  • japanese high school girl
  • dysfunctional family
  • high school girl
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Drama
Release date Jun 26, 2014
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese
Production companies Licri Gaga Gyao

Box office

Gross US & Canada $16627
Opening weekend US & Canada $6834
Gross worldwide $6627892

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 58m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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