Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Like Father, Like Son Japanese movie poster

Like Father, Like Son is a 2013 Japanese movie written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2013 and took home the Jury Prize of the main competition (essentially 3rd place).

Movie info

Original title: そして父になる
Transliterated title: Soshite Chichi ni Naru
Premiere date: May 19, 2013
Release date: October 5, 2013
Directed by: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Written by: Hirokazu Kore-eda (screenplay)
Runtime: 120 min.
Eiren rating: G (General Audiences)

Region 3 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Edko (Hong Kong)
Out: May 9, 2014
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Plot

Ryota is a career-driven, successful family man who discovers that his 6-year-old son was actually switched at birth with the son of another couple. Ryota, his wife Midori, and the other couple involved are forced to consider what it really means to be parents and which bonds are most important.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Masaharu Fukuyama	Ryota Nonomiya
	Machiko Ono	Midori Nonomiya (Ryota's wife)
	Yoko Maki	Yukari Saiki
	Lily Franky	Yudai Saiki (Yukari's husband)
	Keita Ninomiya	Keita Nonomiya (Ryota's son)
	Shogen Hwang	Ryusei Saiki (Yudai's son)
	Yuri Nakamura
	Kazuya Takahashi
	Tetsushi Tanaka
	Arata Iura
	Hiroshi Okochi	Chuji Orima
	Jun Fubuki	Nobuko Nonomiya (Ryota's step mother)
	Jun Kunimura	Kazushi Ueyama
	Kirin Kiki	Satoko Ishizeki (Midori's mother)
	Isao Natsuyagi	Ryosuke Nonomiya (Ryota's father)

Latest news

DreamWorks working out a deal to remake Kore-eda’s “Like Father, Like Son”

Deadline is reporting that DreamWorks is currently hashing out a deal with Fuji TV for the rights to remake Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, Like Son. DreamWorks principal partner Steven...

3 years ago
Miike’s “Shield of Straw” and Kore-eda’s “Like Father, Like Son” in competition at Cannes

The lineup of the 66th Cannes Film Festival has been announced, and with it comes news that Japan will be represented by Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, Like Son (out Oct. 5, 2013) and Takashi...

3 years ago