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.
the vibe
Nobody Knows Vibe
What it feels like
slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriousintimateearnest
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Movie2004·141 min
Nobody Knows
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
A drama film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 4%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
8.0/10
656 ratings
About Nobody Knows
- Pacing
- Slow-burn (1 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Harrowing (9 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Intimate (1 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Contemplative
- Story Tags
- family dysfunction, grief and loss, isolation loneliness, japan, urban, domestic home, siblings, parent child, reluctant hero, outsider misfit, survival, slow burn reveal