Nobody Knows (2004) Rating: Starring: Kitaura Ayu, Kan Hanae, Kimura Hiei, Shimizu Momoko, You, Yagira Yuya Director: Kore-Eda Hirokazu Category: Avant Garde, Foreign Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Subtitles: English Length: 139 mins     Based On A True Story Based on true events that shocked Japan, this story of abandoned siblings is a "harrowing, tender film" (The New York Times) that "unfolds with leisurely beauty" (LA Weekly). Filmed over a year and featuring a performance by 12-year-old Yagira Yuya that won the Best Actor prize at the 2004 Cannes International Film Festival, this "haunting" (Newsday) tale is "heartbreakingly brilliant" (The Boston Globe). A childlike mother of four sneaks her children into their new apartment as if it were a game. One of the game's rules is that only Akira, the oldest, can go outside. Their mother leaves, first for a month, then possibly forever. As the money runs out and the utilities are shut off, Akira struggles to take care of his brother and sisters, determined that they stay safe...and together.