Nobody Knows (2004)

Did mom really abandon us?

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

Director

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Writers

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Themesadmiringcomplexdepresseddepressingfamily relationshipsgrimjapankids on their ownloss of loved onemother child separation