Nobody Knows

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Claudio C @Claudio666 Dec 8 Fight for Survival (12,115 – 17 Dec 2007 / 08 Dec 2025) In Tokyo, the reckless single mother Keiko moves to a small apartment with her twelve years old son Akira Fukushima and his siblings Kyoko, Shigeru and Yuki. The children have different fathers and do not have schooling, but they have a happy life with their mother. When Keiko finds a new boyfriend, she leaves the children alone, giving some money to Akira and assigning him to take care of his siblings. When the money finishes, Akira manages to find means to survive with the kids. "Dare mo Shiranai", a.k.a "Nobody Knows", is a sensitive movie based on a true story. The performances of the children are amazing, highlighting Yûya Yagira, and the drama is developed in a slow but suitable pace. The direction is effective and the music score is adequate. The open conclusion is disappointing, since it does not bring any message. It seems that life goes on only. My vote is eight. Title (Brazil): "Ninguém Pode Saber" ("Nobody Can Know") See more Madam D @Madam1948 Oct 17 Extremely sad to watch this little family have to deal with life on their own. The child actors were all quite talented. Hard to believe it is based on a true story. See more Eze Q @RT81694140 11/16/2024 It could have been a bit shorter, excellent movie See more hamid reza g @RT65196532 04/10/2023 An admirable film with very beautiful plans and a perceptive director who has been able to create realism with a film. The film is very effective with few dialogues but with strong images and little and wise music. The film is in praise of childhood and the story of four children who become victims in an irresponsible and passive world. Although the story of the film is sad, the strength of the film is that it is full of effort, sacrifice and hope. At the end of the film, the image shows the four children happily going home after shopping, and the image is fixed. Although the director wants to make us think of children and childhood, I personally like the movement of children in the depth of the picture towards the future. The movie should be seen and enjoyed. See more william d @acsdoug 12/16/2022 There's no conclusion here, no redemption, just four kids living in misery for 2+ hours. Judging by its high RT score many people find that poignant and compelling. I just found it depressing. See more mike w @RT13898446 03/11/2022 Fictional cinema verite at a high level of execution. (Shigeru's snoring had to be genuine.) "Nobody Knows" was hard to watch, but I got through it because it was so well made and told such a relentlessly pathetic story. I don't understand Saki's motivation for bonding with the four abandoned siblings, but clues might have been culturally exclusive - the shrine where Akira had his second eye-to-eye encounter with her and the (to me) mysterious objects she dumped into the canal. My lack of understanding might otherwise be due to my deficient observation. I don't know if I'll watch it again because it's so sad. I've now seen three of Hirokazu Koreeda's movies. "Shoplifters" is my favorite, so far. I continue to be amazed by the prolific and proficient use of child actors in Japanese and Korean movies. See more Read all reviews

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