Nobody Knows
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hirokazu Koreeda
Yuya Yagira
Kitaura Ayu
Kimura Hiei
Momoko Shimizu
Kan Hanae
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Four siblings live happily with their mother in a small apartment in Tokyo. The children all have different fathers and have never been to school. The very existence of three of them has been hidden from the landlord. One day, the mother leaves behind a little money and a note, charging her oldest boy to look after the others. And so begins the children's odyssey, a journey nobody knows. Though engulfed by the cruel fate of abandonment, the four children do their best to survive in their own little world, devising and following their own set of rules. When they are forced to engage with the world outside their cocooned universe, the fragile balance that has sustained them collapses. Their innocent longing for their mother, their wary fascination toward the outside world, their anxiety over their increasingly desperate situation, their inarticulate cries, their kindness to each other, their determination to survive on wits and courage.
Director
Hirokazu Koreeda
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of Best Actor (Yagira Yuya) at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
Released in United States Winter February 4, 2005
Released in United States February 11, 2005
Released in United States on Video September 13, 2005
Released in United States September 2004
Released in United States January 2005
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 6-17, 2005.
Released in United States Winter February 4, 2005
Released in United States February 11, 2005 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video September 13, 2005
Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-6, 2004.)
Released in United States January 2005 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 6-17, 2005.)
