Not Held at Japan Society – IFC Films presents NOBODY KNOWS (opening Feb. 4, 2005)

Auteur director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s (AFTER LIFE) NOBODY KNOWS follows a heartbreaking and humorous account of the daily lives of four siblings who are abandoned by their loving yet immature and much-distracted mother.  The children rely solely on each other for survival with twelve-year-old Akira acting as the surrogate parent. Yuya Yagira won the Best Actor Award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of Akira and the film is the official Japanese entry for the 2004 Academy Awards.

The New York Times calls Kore-eda’s work “Brilliant, humorous, transcendental, breathtaking and exquisitely beautiful.”

OPENING IN THEATERS
NYC – February 4, 2005 at Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema – 139 Houston St. (btwn. 1st & 2nd Avenues) and the Lincoln Plaza Cinema – 1886 Broadway (btwn. 62nd and 63rd Streets)
LA – February 11, 2005 at Laemmle’s Royal Theater in West Los Angeles – 11523 Santa Monica Blvd. (4 blocks West of 405 Freeway)
NATIONWIDE – February/March 2005

For more information, please visit http://www.ifcfilms.com.