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by trust12345  - Top 1000, Feb 07 '05
Pros: The children's performances; script; direction; cinematography; subtlety
Cons: Being based on a true story (i.e. that such things happened and happen).
A film about children with bad (or poorly directed) child actors can be deadly. How refreshing when we encounter truly gifted young actors whose performances hardly seem like performances at all. Real life sisters Emma and Sarah Bolger, stars of Jim ...
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by DavidMac - Top 500, Oct 07 '05
Pros: A compelling, if ultimately sad portrait of a very quiet and hidden form of abuse.
Cons: Completely tragic and depressing
Nobody Knows basically tells a story of child abuse, although for some people it may not be the first phrase which comes to mind, considering there is no violence, or any other actual vile material. But that's exactly what the story is about, and it's ...
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by thevoid99 - Top 100, May 19 '09
Pros: Koreeda's Direction/Script/Editing, Cinematography, Music, Locations, & Cast.
Cons: None.
Written, directed, and edited by Hirokazu Koreeda, Dare mo shiranai (Nobody Knows) tells the story of four young children, abandoned by their mother, as they each try to survive on their own. The film is a tale of how children interact ...
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by jc_hall , Aug 18 '05
Pros: starkly realistic portrayal of a timely concern; remarkably natural performances by a quartet of youngsters
Cons: disturbing and harrowing, might give you bad dreams
‘Nobody Knows’, in Japanese with English subtitles, is written, directed and produced by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Based on an infamous true story about a Japanese mother who abandoned her 4 kids in a tiny apartment in a large city, it is a harrowing ...
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by hkoreeda , Jun 27 '05
Pros: Relaxed child performances; understated storytelling; doesn't fall into traps of most "inspired by fact" stories.
Cons: Some stuff near the end felt out of place; no AFTER LIFE, but what is?
“When you live in the city, minding your own business is practically a science.” – Morgan Freeman, Seven Just last week, I read a news story about a baby in China who was found dead in his home after his parents snuck out for a few ...
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by chiliqueen , Mar 18 '07
Pros: So realistic, it can be hard to watch.
Cons: Even more tragic because it's based on a true story.
"Dare mo shiranai" (Nobody Knows) by Kore-eda Hirokazu is all the more poignant for being based on a real-life scandal in Japan. In 1988, four children were found abandoned by their mother, living for six months in a squalid Tokyo apartment with no ...
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