Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Not Rated 28 Sep 2013 • Drama • 2h 1m
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Would you choose your natural son, or the son you believed was yours after spending 6 years together? Kore-eda Hirokazu, the globally acclaimed director of "Nobody Knows", "Still Walking" and "I Wish", returns to the big screen with another family - a family thrown into torment after a phone call from the hospital where the son was born... Ryota has earned everything he has by his hard work, and believes nothing can stop him from pursuing his perfect life as a winner. Then one day, he and his wife, Midori, get an unexpected phone call from the hospital. Their 6-year-old son, Keita, is not 'their' son - the hospital gave them the wrong baby. Ryota is forced to make a life-changing decision, to choose between 'nature' and 'nurture.' Seeing Midori's devotion to Keita even after learning his origin, and communicating with the rough yet caring family that has raised his natural son for the last six years, Ryota also starts to question himself: has he really been a 'father' all these years...

Hirokazu Koreeda
Director
Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer
Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki
Starring

Language: Japanese
Awards: 23 wins & 47 nominations
Country: Japan
Metacritic Score: 73
DVD Release Date:
Box Office Total: $334,616

7.8

IMDb (28610 votes)
86%
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