Review of Nobody Knows (2004) by Alex F — 19 Nov 2010
Abandoned in Tokyo- deeply emotional movie about a group of teens growing up together, while the mother travels to Osaka in order to work, and the father is absent.
No special powers can be seen but shop lifting and Akira, the leader of the group, has the responsibility over the money. Sometimes they can get free noodles but there are obvious references about teens or kids doing tuna things just because they are hungry.
Kore-Eda, the director of the plot, based this movie on an authentic incident that happened in the year 1988, and surprisingly it won first prize in 2004, but did not really make it in the Cinema. When you consider Akira, how he is seen towards the end of the movie, and then probably his youth powers are wasted for nothing if just food and survival, this movie is quite a painful one, and maybe it can change mentality of people.
This review of Nobody Knows (2004) was written by Alex F on 19 Nov 2010.
Nobody Knows has generally received very positive reviews.
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