Nobody Knows

2004 Drama

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Starring: Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kan

Reviews

  • Yagira's performance is so extraordinary, it won him the best actor prize at the 2004 Cannes film festival.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    26 April 2013

  • The film, winsome and tragic at once and finely attuned to the rhythms of childhood, always seems quite close to real life.

    Carla Meyer - The San Francisco Chronicle

    26 April 2013

  • 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.

    Michael Wilmington - The Chicago Tribune

    26 April 2013

  • 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.

    Joe Morgenstern - The Wall Street Journal

    26 April 2013

  • There are moments in Yagira's performance that will break your heart.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • 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)