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The first two minutes of Nakashima Tetsuya's violent and unrelenting The World of Kanako are a litmus test on whether one should proceed. A frenetic orgy of editing non sequiturs, both assaulting and attention grabbing, occurs right before slamming into...

Drafthouse Films is releasing The World Of Kanako, the latest film from one of our favorite Japanese directors, ever, Nakashima Tetsuya (Confessions and Kamikaze Girls), this Friday, December 4th. An uncompromising revenge thriller of operatic scope, The World of Kanako is...

Our good friends at Drafthouse Films have hooked us up with a bevy of stills from The World of Kanako. the latest from Confessions director Nakashima Tetsuya. Drafthouse will release the film in cinemas and on VOD on December 4th. An uncompromising revenge thriller...

With the US release of Nakashima Tetsuya's The World Of Kanako coming up on December 4th from Drafthouse Films a full theatrical trailer and poster are freshly arrived on the scene.An uncompromising revenge thriller of operatic scope, The World of...

Japanese director Nakashima Tetsuya surprised friend and foe last year with his ultra-bleak thriller The World of Kanako. In previous films like Kamikaze Girls, Memories of Matsuko and Confessions, he had proven to have both a wicked sense of visual...

Prepare for "120 minutes of uncomfortable, aggressive, and rigourously crafted filmmaking" to be unleashed upon us all. Nakashima Tetsuya's The World of Kanako has been acquired for distribution by Drafthouse Films. Nakashima, who previously directed the wildly-acclaimed Kamikaze Girls and...

Our good friends, and friends of all fans of east Asian films, Third Window Films have given ScreenAnarchy an exclusive early look at their 2015 slate and it is marvelous!Third Window Films has a history of bringing not only the...

While the first half of 2014 produced a number of genuinely impressive Asian films, including The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya, The Raid 2 and Black Coal, Thin Ice, the second half of the year felt a little lacklustre to...

The first two minutes of Nakashima Tetsuya's violent and unrelenting The World of Kanako are a litmus test on whether one should proceed. A frenetic orgy of editing non-sequitors, both assaulting and attention grabbing, occurs right before slamming into a stylized...