When their mother suddenly leaves, four children are left to fend for themselves in a Tokyo apartment. Their well-being and...
When their mother suddenly leaves, four children are left to fend for themselves in a Tokyo apartment. Their well-being and survival depends on the oldest son, 12-year-old Akira. Filmed by Hirokazu Kore-eda over the course of a year with lead actor Yuya Yagira becaming the youngest-ever winner of the Best Actor award at Cannes.
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92 %92 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
93 %10,172 reviewsAudience score rating
"A disturbing waking-dream."
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BBC
BBC"A meditation on solace and the promise and beauty familial togetherness."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Winsome and tragic at once and finely attuned to the rhythms of childhood..."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"Kore-eda is the most gifted of the young Japanese directors."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"It should come as no surprise that teenage actor Yagira won the acting prize at the Cannes film festival last year."
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The Washington Post
The Washington PostNobody Knows | Details
- Runtime
- 141
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Japan
