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Two young girls and two young boys sit on a bed. The oldest boy looks serious while the others are smiling.

Nobody Knows (2004) Daremo shiranai

  Kore-eda Hirokazu

  Japan     141 minutes

Synopsis

When their mother disappears, a young boy and his three siblings must figure out how to get by on their own in this at once heartfelt and heartbreaking drama. Shown on 35mm with Tribute

 Japanese with subtitles

Special Tribute Event

headshot: Kore-eda HirokazuThe screening of Nobody Knows will include a Tribute and Career Achievement Award presentation for director Kore-eda Hirokazu.

This film is part of the 60th Chicago International Film Festival’s Kore-eda Hirokazu Tribute and Retrospective program.

Learn more about the retrospective

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Film Credits

  •   Kore-eda Hirokazu
  •   Kore-eda Hirokazu
  •   Kore-eda Hirokazu
  •   Yutaka Yamasaki
  •   Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimiza
  •   Titi Matsumura, Gonzalez Mikami
  •   2004

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