Nobody Knows

Dare mo shiranai

K12

Genre

Drama

Director

Kore-eda Hirokazu

Run time

2h 21min

Cast

Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura

In Tokyo, the reckless single mother Keiko moves to a small apartment with her twelve years old son Akira Fukushima and his siblings Shigeru and Yuki. Kyoko, another sibling arrives later by train. 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 runs out, Akira manages to find means to survive with the youngsters without power supply, gas or water at home, and with the landlord asking for the rent.

Genre

Drama

Director

Kore-eda Hirokazu

Run time

2h 21min

Cast

Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura

In Tokyo, the reckless single mother Keiko moves to a small apartment with her twelve years old son Akira Fukushima and his siblings Shigeru and Yuki. Kyoko, another sibling arrives later by train. 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 runs out, Akira manages to find means to survive with the youngsters without power supply, gas or water at home, and with the landlord asking for the rent.

Info

Rating

Under 12 Not Allowed

Production year

2004

Global distributor

IFC Films

Local distributor

Otaku MTÜ

In cinema

10/20/2022