映画： だれも知らない Nobody Knows

Difficulty Ranking: B
Transcript: Here
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408664/

i watched this in the cinema back when it first came out. i think it's the first time i realised that not all of Japan is high-tech and neon and toilets that do strange things ;)
Anyway, this film is about a mother who abandons her 4 kids, leaving them in an apartment. It's a sad film, which is based on an even more horrific true story...
http://en.wikipedia.org./wiki/Affair_of_the_four_abandoned_children_of_Sugamo. If you're interested in social problems in Japan, this is one good film to watch.
The language is generally very basic, since most of the time it's just the kids talking, in short sentences. In places they do mumble a bit, but there's really nothing too difficult in there...