feeldb

The World of Kanako

2014 · 118 min · Director: Tetsuya Nakashima ★ IMDb 6.5 · 6,606 ratings

Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)

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?

Ask Kadri

Trailer for The World of Kanako

Playing the trailer connects to YouTube. No connection is made until you choose to play.

Rate how it felt
Working…

Your viewing check-in

Emotional fingerprint

The World of Kanako (2014) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Anxiety 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear20%

AI estimate · no viewer votes yet

How we measure

AI estimate

Share of emotional signal, not the percentage of people or a probability of enjoyment.

Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Anxiety, Fear. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Anxiety and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

How did it make you feel?

Votes are saved to the fingerprint once you’re signed in.

Pick up to three · 0/3

1
2
3

Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Disturbing
  • Tension
  • Curiosity

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Disturbing
Tension
Curiosity
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
Ending hidden

Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 18 %, then rises around 53 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityDisturbingTensionCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Disturbing67 %57 %62 %52 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Curiosity63 %46 %55 %61 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity57 %39 %46 %65 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Curiosity56 %41 %44 %63 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Curiosity64 %55 %51 %57 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Disturbing69 %65 %57 %50 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Curiosity70 %68 %60 %52 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Disturbing73 %68 %64 %60 %
42.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity69 %59 %64 %61 %
47.5 %≈ 56′Tension69 %60 %65 %57 %
52.5 %≈ 62′Disturbing79 %76 %70 %56 %
57.5 %≈ 68′Disturbing86 %86 %74 %59 %
62.5 %≈ 74′Disturbing85 %85 %69 %63 %
67.5 %≈ 80′Disturbing85 %85 %66 %60 %
72.5 %≈ 86′Disturbing89 %88 %79 %49 %
77.5 %≈ 91′Tension83 %79 %79 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 97′Curiosity75 %71 %64 %59 %
87.5 %≈ 103′Disturbing83 %81 %64 %69 %
92.5 %≈ 109′Disturbing91 %91 %73 %60 %
97.5 %≈ 115′Disturbing93 %93 %75 %45 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

AI reading of the film’s English subtitles (dialogue and sound cues) — not viewer votes. How we measure ↗

Kadri — your film companion

AI

Ask anything about The World of Kanako. From the film’s own dialogue and FeelDB data, at your spoiler level.

Kadri

Hi, I’m Kadri. Ask me anything about The World of Kanako — I’ll stay inside your spoiler line.

Premise only
Enter to send · Shift + Enter for a new line
Afterward Reveal viewer responses · may contain spoilers

Viewer responses about feelings after the title ended, separate from feelings while watching. No AI estimates.

0 responses so far

Feeling details appear after at least 3 viewers respond, to protect privacy.

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Akikazu Fujishima

HS
Hiroya Shimizu

I / Narrator

Joe Odagiri

Detective Aikawa

AK
Asuka Kurosawa

Kiriko Fujishima

Jun Kunimura

Dr. Tsujimura

Munetaka Aoki

Sakiyama

MH
Megumi Hatachiya

Detective Aikawa's Wife

AH
Ai Hashimoto

Morishita

FN
Fumi Nikaido

Nami Endo

MN
Miki Nakatani

Rie Azuma

AM
Aoi Morikawa

Tomoko Nagano

MT
Mahiro Takasugi

Yasuhiro Matsunaga

SH
Shono Hayama

Seiji Ogata

JH
Jin Hoshino

Ogata

HN
Hiroki Nakajima

Shimazu

DW
Daichi Watanabe

Hiroshi Kawamoto

RM
Ryo Matsuura

Katsumi

YK
Yumeno Kato

Yoko

Details

Directed by
Tetsuya Nakashima
Written by
Tetsuya Nakashima, Akio Fukamachi, Miako Tadano, Nobuhiro Monma
Type
Movies
Released
2014
Runtime
118 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 6,606 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
Data updated

Where to watch

Data: JustWatch · Wikidata

Feels similar

More like this →

Emotion overlap shows mood similarity, not a prediction of enjoyment.