Nobody Knows

Nobody Knows

  • Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Release date: October 21, 2004
  • Sound mix: Dolby SR
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: Nadie sabe
  • "Who も知らない" is a 141-minute drama film produced by Japanese studio Hirokazu Koreeda and released by Cine Qua Non. The film is directed and written by Hirokazu Koreeda, starring Yagi , Ai Kitura , Hiei Kimura , Momoko Shimizu ,かんはなえ, etc. It was released in Japan on August 7, 2004
    Based on real events, the film tells the story of a single-parent family in Tokyo, four brothers and sisters who were abandoned by their mothers and lived alone   .

    Details

    • Release date October 21, 2004
    • Filming locations Haneda International Airport, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • Production companies Bandai Visual Company, Cine Qua Non Films, Engine Film

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $684,118

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $32,393

    Gross worldwide

    $2,288,093

    Movie reviews

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    • By Aaliyah 2022-04-23 07:03:45

      personal opinion

      After watching this movie, I feel very depressed, from the plot of the movie, the direction of the characters, and the colors of the whole movie, all of which make my heart heavy. At the beginning of the story, you can learn that her mother Keiko deliberately concealed her other three children from the landlord in order to successfully move into the new house. When I first saw this, I felt that Keiko was too selfish and did not care about the landlord's right to know. Then as the story...

    • By Kasey 2022-04-23 07:03:45

      "Xiaoxue, she has grown taller"

      It was only the sixteenth year after the film came out that I had the opportunity to enjoy it. The atmosphere of the whole film, whether it is the outstanding performance of the little boy, the long shots of the director, or the languid narrative style of the whole piece, all give people a dull but powerful depressive feeling.

      The film starts with a weird warmth and ends with another weird warmth. Maybe, as my friend said, another leading role in this film is time. In a world where...

    • By Moises 2022-04-23 07:03:45

      Light and darkness

      Man is an anagram, a puzzle that could be simpler. However, who can make the simplest explanation? God? Do not make jokes. God is also man made, it is another answer to man.

      A person, life and death, from a temperature to an ice degree, who knows your careful wish to see the grass grow and the cherry blossoms fly, who cares about freshness or coldness... A child's world is too simple and profound, even in the face of death. At the beginning of all the long shots, you...

    • By Elliot 2022-04-23 07:03:45

      Mom no one knows your name is Selfish

      Selfish and irresponsible people really don't want to have children. One child will harm the other, and four in a row will be born. The eldest son is in charge of cooking and purchasing, and the eldest daughter is in charge of laundry. The two cannot go to school and take care of their younger siblings together. Only the elder brother can appear in front of everyone in the family, and the others can only stay at home every day as invisible people. The so-called mother comes back at night...

    • By Marlon 2022-04-23 07:03:45

      no one knows

      In 1988, in a house in Nishi Sugamo, Tokyo, people found a rotting child's body and three dirty children who had been hungry for many days. Duck Abandoned Baby Incident". Hirokazu Koreeda, who had just graduated from Waseda University that year, also saw the news and began to write a script based on this incident. However, it was fifteen years later that the filming of the film began. Who they are, no one...

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    • By Leonora 2022-03-20 09:02:29

      Why is a movie so heavy and sad to be described in such a plain and even brisk style? Unable to go to school, no one loves, water and electricity, lack of food and clothing, and even death. But doesn't the day-to-day life make us numb? Or become strong....

    • By Karson 2022-03-20 09:02:29

      When I first met a colleague at work, he suddenly told me when he was on a business trip together that he was an abandoned orphan since he was a child. He used to pick up scraps in the garbage to make a living. It was summer, and he often walked in front of me when he talked. There are star points of sweat on the shirt. Watching this movie last night, Ming's figure running among the neon lights at midnight reminded me of his dazzling white shirt, which made me feel sad for a moment. These are...

    • By Jerel 2022-03-20 09:02:29

      feels awful. To express such a sad story in this small and fresh style, the heart is bleeding, and I want to cry without tears. There was only one tear in the film, still from a cruel mother. The most frightening is the words "adapted from a true...

    • By Eugenia 2022-03-20 09:02:29

      At the beginning, I thought it was a movie about love, but it was actually a movie about no love. The camera and the music look so small and fresh, but after looking in, they are extremely sad. The four children were discarded like seeds they picked on the side of the road, forgotten, and grew hopelessly in the corner. The name written on the instant noodle cup, Amin's smile when he finally went out, and the brisk music when he went out were the only moving...

    • By Hugh 2022-03-19 09:01:07

      The moment I realized that Yuki was dead, I talked about a dozen shit in a row. I'm sad but can't cry, as if being beaten severely by someone, I don't know how to react at...

    Movie plot

    This is a family owns a five mother Keiko, the eldest son of the Ming ( Yagi ornaments) , the eldest daughter Kyoko ( Kitaura love ornaments) , the second son of Shigeru (Hiei Kimura ornaments) and mezzo snow (Momoko Shimizu ornaments) . When the mother moved with her children, she lied that her father had worked overseas for a long time and lived with the eldest son. In fact, there were three "black household" children, and the four...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    Actor Yagi won the best actor at the 57th Cannes Film Festival. But because Yagi had an exam at the time, he could not receive the award in France. The director accepted the award on his behalf   . On May 26, 2004, Yagi's official award ceremony for the best actor at the 57th Cannes Film Festival was held in Tokyo, Japan   .
    The filming took one and a half years. During this time, director Hirokazu Koreeda almost got along with the...
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    Evaluation action

    The film is not as full of sunshine and joy as most children's themed movies, the whole film is carried out in a gloomy atmosphere. The film adheres to the slow and orderly narrative style of Japanese movies, through the story of several children supporting each other's tenacious survival in an environment without parents. This story is not fictitious, but is based on real people and things, which makes people feel helpless. The film...
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    Movie quotes

    • Keiko, the mother: Now that we've moved into a new home, I'm gonna explain the rules to you, one more time. Let's promise to keep 'em, okay?

      Yuki: Okay. How many are there?

      Keiko, the mother: Okay, first of all: No loud voices or screaming. Can you do that?

      Yuki: I can.

      Keiko, the mother: Okay, next: No going outside.

      Yuki: Okay.

      Keiko, the mother: Can you do that? No even out on the veranda.

      Yuki: Okay, Mommy.

      Keiko, the mother: "Okay, Mommy." Can you keep that promise?

      Yuki: Sure!

      Keiko, the mother: Can you do it, little Shige-runt?

      Shigeru: MEEEEEW!

      Keiko, the mother: You gotta promise hardest, huh? Right? Absolutely no going outside. Can you do that? Bet you can-can.

    • Pachinko Parlor Employee: Shit. I'm 10 yen short. Lend me 10 yen.

      Akira Fukushima: Ten yen?

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: No big deal, huh? Lend me. What the hell is with that big wallet? What the hell is this?

      Akira Fukushima: It's a hand-me-down from Mom.

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: From who?

      Akira Fukushima: From Mom.

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: You moved, right? Roomy, huh? Any pubic hair comin', yet?

      Akira Fukushima: No...

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: Bullshit. I got mine in fifth grade.

      Akira Fukushima: No way.

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: No bullshit.

      Akira Fukushima: Well...

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: What the heck are you smiling about, huh?

      Akira Fukushima: Well, It's just that single mother's gine, well... there's no money...

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: Whoa. I don't have any money. What've you got left?

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: About 10,000 yen.

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: Oh, that's enogh, huh? You know, I'm in a hell of a jam. My stupid girlfriend, you know, she totally maxed out my credit cards. I'm badly off. I'm working my ass off, slowly paying it down, man. Uh, this is all I've got on me. This is it, the last time, huh?

      Akira Fukushima: Thanks, thank you.

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: Okay. I'm outta here.

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: By the way, Yuki ain't my kid. Every time I did with your mom, I used a prophylactic, huh? Good bye.

      Akira Fukushima: See ya.

      Pachinko Parlor Employee: Bye-bye.

      Akira Fukushima: Thanks for this.

    • Saki: You washed ya hair?

      Akira Fukushima: Yesterday, at the park.