Nobody Knows
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kan
Nobody Knows
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kan
Yagira's performance is so extraordinary, it won him the best actor prize at the 2004 Cannes film festival.
The film, winsome and tragic at once and finely attuned to the rhythms of childhood, always seems quite close to real life.
Nobody Knows, by the often excellent Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, is one of those special movies that can give us a new way of seeing.
Apart from a singer named You who plays Keiko, the members of the cast are non-professionals. You may find that hard to believe when you see this astonishing film, as I hope you will.
There are moments in Yagira's performance that will break your heart.
Best Supporting Actress
Awards of the Japanese Academy (2005)
Best Director
Blue Ribbon Awards (2005)
Yûya Yagira
Cannes Film Festival (2004)
Best Feature
Chicago International Film Festival (2004)
Best Director
Chlotrudis Awards (2006)
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