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The World of Kanako
Why this pick
Nakashima again uses explosive editing, saturated visual stylisation and shifting viewpoints to turn parental grief into a vicious, morally destabilising investigation.
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MOVIE2010 1h 47m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Junior high school teacher Yuko Moriguchi (Takako Matsu) announces to her class that she will resign before spring break. Moriguchi reveals that because the HIV-positive biological father of her daughter Manami was ill, she used to bring Manami (Mana Ashida) to school with her. One day, after school, she returned to the room where Manami was but found her gone. Her daughter was later found drowned in a school swimming pool.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Takako Matsu
Yuko Moriguchi
Masaki Okada
Yoshiteru Terada
Kaoru Fujiwara
Naoki Shimomura
Ai Hashimoto
Mizuki Kitahara
Yoshino Kimura
Naoki's mother
Mana Ashida
Manami Moriguchi (Yuko's Daughter)
Hirofumi Arai
Shuya's Father
Ayaka Miyoshi
Ayaka Tsuchida