The World of Kanako

Drafthouse Films | Release Date: December 4, 2015

5.7	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Ratings

USER RATING DISTRIBUTION

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Watch Now

Buy on

Stream On

Expand

Review this movie

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.

Check box if your review contains spoilers

0 characters (5000 max)

User Reviews

User score By date Most helpful

Meth-dudeApr 17, 2019

With an interesting and engaging story, interesting characters, well made action sequences, beautiful cinematography and a great soundtrack, The World of Kanako will leave you crushed by how beautiful yet so grim it is.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

ScribeHardDec 20, 2015

The World of Kanako is a film that is difficult to watch yet impossible to forget, and if Quentin Tarantino and Chan-wook Park had a lovechild, this would be it. Nakashima’s stylish visuals, fearless gear-changes, terrific soundtrackThe World of Kanako is a film that is difficult to watch yet impossible to forget, and if Quentin Tarantino and Chan-wook Park had a lovechild, this would be it. Nakashima’s stylish visuals, fearless gear-changes, terrific soundtrack choices, and deft timeline manipulation are reminiscent of QT’s work. At the same time, the Japanese director’s bleak worldview, dark themes, irredeemable characters, and perpetual pall of hopelessness he hangs over the story and its players is in a league with Park’s best work. Finally, Nakashima employs a Venn Diagram-like overlap of the most notable element of the American and South Korean masters’ works: violence. It’s violence that is as relentless as it is discomforting, and as exhausting as it is shocking, and yet it’s something that cannot be ignored.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

JeanDuchampAug 1, 2016

Can a movie be extremely violent and extremely tiresome at the same time? Yes, it can, "The World of Kanako" maybe is the best prove. Except buckets of artificial blood, I found there nothing. Seriously, I'm not a goody-goody and can fullyCan a movie be extremely violent and extremely tiresome at the same time? Yes, it can, "The World of Kanako" maybe is the best prove. Except buckets of artificial blood, I found there nothing. Seriously, I'm not a goody-goody and can fully enjoy the violence on the screen, Takeshi Kitano is one of my favorite filmmakers by the way! I enjoy the violence in movies... but there must be something besides it - whatever it may be - a plot, a humor, relations, clashes of characters, art, drama, events, nature, imagination, intrigue, contemplation, beauty, feelings, suspense and so on. Yet here... there is nothing but an endless yelling, beating, killing, stabbing, crashing, crushing, slapping, wounding, bullying, humiliating, mutilating, beating again, smashing, torturing, shooting, kicking, cutting and so forth... And all this without even a single interesting dialogue! It's not even dramatic because there is no character we can feel the smallest compassion for. The story line always skips to and fro in time, the film editing is disgusting, most scenes are poorly staged and poorly shot, just something is flickering in the half-dark, something violent, of course, what else!...

Seriously, there are a lot of better movies worth to spend your time on! Or just watch crime news reports, in case you are SO BENT ON BLOOD AND VIOLENCE!… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews

TrailesqueJun 12, 2022

This is a completely wild, over the top flick. It is made up mostly of 3-4 second long, tight shots. Shooting and editing this must have been really something. There are loads of blood, gore, rape, torture, madness, betrayal - goodThis is a completely wild, over the top flick. It is made up mostly of 3-4 second long, tight shots. Shooting and editing this must have been really something. There are loads of blood, gore, rape, torture, madness, betrayal - good heavens. And yet it is entertaining, because you can't take any of it very seriously.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews