Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son

Cast: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 121 minutes

Synopsis: The -switched at birth' and the Nature-vs.-Nurture debate provides, the acclaimed director of Nobody Knows, Still Walking and I Wish, Hirokazu Kore-eda with an opportunity to revisit his preoccupation with family dynamics in contemporary Japan. The life of workaholic architect Ryota"one of comfort and quietly ordered affluence with his wife Midori and son Keita "is violently overturned when hospital administrators reveal the unthinkable: Keita is not his biological son. Due to a mistake his -true' son has been raised in the dishevelled but warm-hearted home of working-class shopkeeper Yudai and his wife. The different approaches of both couples to their excruciating dilemma and the gradual emotional awakening of the all-too-rational Ryota are at the core of this sensitive drama of family feeling, which showcases Kore-eda's rich sense of humanity.

Like Father, Like Son
Release Date: April 17th, 2014