| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, widescreen presentation aspect ratio 1.66:1. |
| Cast |
[Yagira Yūya (Akira), Kitaura Ayu (Kyoko), Kimura Hiei (Shigeru), Shimizu Momoko (Yuki), Kan Hanae (Saki), You (Keiko)]. |
| Credits |
[Cinematographer, Yamazaki Yutaka ; editor, Kore-Eda Hirokazu ; original music, Gontiti]. |
| Note |
"Although this film was inspired by actual events that took place in Tokyo, the details and characters portrayed in this film are entirely fictional." Kore-Eda Hirokazu - title screen. |
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Originally produced as a Japanese motion picture in 2003. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13. |
| Summary |
Keiko (You) is a flaky and irresponsible single mother who sub-contracts all parental duties to her eldest boy, 12-year-old Akira (Yagira), while taking off for days at a time with various boyfriends. Leaving behind an envelope of cash, one day she simply never comes back, leaving Akira unattended with his little siblings. Akira, his two sisters, Kyoko (Ayu Kitaura) and Yuki (Momoko Shimizu), and their irrepressible younger brother, Shigeru (Hiei Kimura), are not quite aware of the horrific implications of their plight. They are accustomed to living with a childlike, erratic parent, who is capable of being funny and generous as well as neglectful. All four of the children have different fathers. Now they have no mother, but they have one another. |
| Contents |
Main title/New home -- Hiding -- Math lesson -- Abandoned -- Seeking help -- Home again, gone again -- Happy New Year -- Birthday girl -- Breaking the rules -- Outside! -- Seeds to grow -- Facing facts -- Downhill -- Dream/nightmare -- To see the planes -- Going on/End credits. |
| Awards |
Yagira Yūya , winner, Best Actor, 2004 Festival de Cannes [both the youngest and first Japanese actor to win this award]. |
| Language |
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles ; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
Abandoned children -- Drama.
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Siblings -- Drama.
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Absentee mothers -- Drama.
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Tokyo (Japan)
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Koreeda, Hirokazu, 1962-
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是枝裕和, 1962-
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Yagira, Yūya, 1990-
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柳楽優弥.
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You, 1964-
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日本語.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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IFC Films.
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Bandai Bijuaru Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Engine Film, Inc.
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Terebiman Yunion.
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テレビマンユニオン>
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Nobody knows |
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Daremo shiranai |
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誰も知らない |
| ISBN |
0792867394 |
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9780792867395 |
| Standard No. |
027616928931 |
| Music No. |
1008911 Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment |
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