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Nobody Knows
2004
· Movie
· 141 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #170
- IMDb #387
- Google retired #227
- Rotten Tomatoes #315
- Metacritic #269
- Letterboxd #41
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #789
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #273
- Metacritic Critics #250
- Metacritic Audience #555
- Criticker #239
- Kinopoisk #1022
- AlloCiné #477
- Trakt #137
Every rating
70–96
out of 100
Four young children are left to fend for themselves in a small Tokyo apartment after their mother abandons them. The eldest boy, only twelve years old, must become the parent, struggling to provide food and money while keeping their existence a secret from the outside world to avoid being separated.
Details
- Director
- Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Writer
- Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Studio
- Engine Film, c-style, Bandai Visual, TV Man Union
- Released
- 7 August 2004
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →1 win from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2005 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Japan | Nominee |
| Hōchi Film Award 2004 | Best Picture | Winner |
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International Submission to the Academy Awards
1 nomination
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Japan | Nominee |
Hōchi Film Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Picture | Winner |