Friday April 12 2024, 7:30 PM
This film directed by Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda, tells the story of Ryota, a successful workaholic businessman who he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth. He faces the difficult decision whether to choose his biological son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own for six years. Sensitively written, smartly directed, and powerfully performed, Like Father, Like Son uses the situation to examine both nature and nurture while dealing with ties that simply can’t be broken, and ponders the meaning of family.
Drama
Runtime 2 hour 1 minute
Japan
2013
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