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Released 13 years ago.
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Like Father, Like Son
"At what point does a father truly become a father?"
2013 2h 0m JA
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BANGER
★7.7TMDB · 829
Drama
Synopsis
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Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
“At what point does a father truly become a father?”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Masaharu Fukuyama
Ryota Nonomiya
Machiko Ono
Midori Nonomiya
Yoko Maki
Yukari Saiki
Lily Franky
Yudai Saiki
Jun Fubuki
Nobuko Nonomiya
Jun Kunimura
Kazushi Kamiyama
Kirin Kiki
Riko Ishizeki
Isao Natsuyagi
Ryosuke Nonomiya
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Writers
- Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, shot by Mikiya Takimoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Junichi Matsumoto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Hirokazu Kore-eda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Masaharu Fukuyama and Machiko Ono and Yoko Maki carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "At what point does a father truly become a father?".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt2331143 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Hirokazu Kore-eda directs. Mikiya Takimoto behind the camera. Junichi Matsumoto scores. Hirokazu Kore-eda cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 13 years ago.
- 2Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, shot by Mikiya Takimoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Junichi Matsumoto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Hirokazu Kore-eda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Masaharu Fukuyama and Machiko Ono and Yoko Maki carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "At what point does a father truly become a father?".
- 7IMDB entry: tt2331143 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Classified under 14 themes, including "parent child relationship", "identity", "redemption", "father".
- 9Released under 19 different titles around the world.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Mikiya Takimoto
- Original score
- Junichi Matsumoto
- Editing
- Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Production design
- Keiko Mitsumatsu
- Makeup / hair
- Hiromi Momose
- Runtime
- 120 min · 2h 0m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $19,978,961
- Original language
- JA
- Certification (US)
- G
Awards
- Audience Award of the San Sebastián International Film Festival
- Jury Prize
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Fuji Television Network
JP
BUN-BUKU
JP
AMUSE
JP
GAGA Corporation
JP
Key crew
- Telecine ColoristMayuna Naito
- Executive ProducerTatsuro Hatanaka
- EditorHirokazu Kore-eda
- ProducerHijiri Taguchi
- Executive ProducerTatsumi Yoda
- ProducerKaoru Matsuzaki
- Production DesignKeiko Mitsumatsu
- Executive ProducerChihiro Kameyama
- Sound AssistantKen Iizuka
- Makeup ArtistHiromi Momose
- HairstylistHiromi Momose
- HairstylistNarumi Furukawa
- Makeup ArtistNarumi Furukawa
- Production DesignDaichi Kobayashi
- Production DesignNobuya Mochinaga
- Sound Effects EditorAkihiko Okase
- Executive ProducerYasushi Ogawa
- Set DecorationAkiko Matsuba
- Assistant DirectorAtsushi Kaneshige
- Digital Intermediate EditorNaotaka Takahashi
- Assistant Location ManagerNaoyuki Sakamoto
- Production AccountantKeiko Oyama
- Associate ProducerMegumi Osawa
- Foley ArtistMiyuki Horiuchi
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- parent child relationship
- identity
- redemption
- father
- family relationships
- parenthood
- class differences
- childhood
- heart warming
- lost child
- moral dilemma
- eating with chopsticks
- father son relationship
- social inequality
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2013-09-29· Aspen Film Festival
- Premiere2013-09-30· New York Film Festival
- Premiere2013-10-09· Mill Valley Film Festival
- Premiere2013-10-10· Hamptons International Film Festival
- Premiere2013-10-13· Hawaii Film Festival
- Premiere2013-10-16· Chicago International Film Festival
- Premiere2013-10-24· Philadelphia International Film Festival
- Premiere2013-10-25· FilmColumbia Festival
- Premiere2013-11-09· AFI Fest&Lone Star Film Festival
- Premiere2014-01-07· Palm Springs International Film Festival
Also known as
International titles
- Som far, så sønnNO
- Pais e FilhosBR
- Isänsä poikaFI
- Koks tevas, toks ir sunusLT
- 그렇게 아버지가 된다KR
- Wie der Vater, so der SohnCH
- Sin fars sonSE
- Vater und SohnDE
- Soshite chichi ni naruJP
- Father And SonIT
- Father & SonGB
- Like Father Like SonUS
- Like Father, Like SonUS
- Like Father,Like SonUS
- พ่อครับ..รักผมได้ไหมTH
