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- Movie: Like Father, Like Son
- Romaji: Soshite Chichi ni Naru
- Japanese: そして父になる
- Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
- Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda
- Producer: Chihiro Kameyama, Tatsuro Hatanaka, Tatsumi Yoda, Tomoaki Harada, Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi
- Cinematographer: Mikiya Takimoto
- World Premiere: May 19, 2013 (Cannes Film Festival)
- Release Date: September 28, 2013
- Runtime: 120 min.
- Genre: Drama / Family / Father & Son / Award Winning
- Distributor: Gaga Corporation
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
One day, Ryota (Masaharu Fukuyama) receives a phone call from the hospital. The hospital informs Ryota that his 6-year-old son is not his biological son. After his birth, two babies were switched. Ryota and his wife (Machiko Ono) become torn by the news.The couple must decide whether to take back their biological son or keep the son they have raised for the last 6 years.
Notes
- Filming began on March 25, 2012 and finished on May 6, 2012.
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Film Festivals
- 2013 (66th) Cannes Film Festival - May 15-26, 2013 - Competition *World Premiere
- 2013 (48th) Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - June 28-July 6, 2013 - Horizons
- 2013 (13th) New Horizons International Film Festival - July 18-28, 2013 - Panorama
- 2013 (45th) New Zealand International Film Festival - July 18-November 6, 2013 - Special Presentation
- 2013 (62nd) Melbourne International Film Festival - July 25-August 11, 2013 - Accent on Asia
- 2013 (38th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 5-15, 2013 - Special Presentations *North American Premiere
- 2013 (61st) San Sebastian International Film Festival - September 20-28, 2013 - Pearls
- 2013 (32nd) Vancouver International Film Festival - September 26-October 12, 2013 - Dragons and Tigers
- 2013 (18th) Busan International Film Festival - October 3-12, 2013 - A Window on Asian Cinema
- 2013 (57th) BFI London Film Festival - October 9-20, 2013 - Official Competition
- 2013 (33rd) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 10-20, 2013 - Spotlight on Japan *Hawaii Premiere
- 2013 (22nd) Philadelphia Film Festival - October 17-27, 2013 - Masters of Cinema
- 2013 (13th) Marrakech International Film Festival - November 29-December 7, 2013 - Films Out Of Competition
- 2014 (14th) Nippon Connection - May 27-June 1, 2014 - Nippon Cinema
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