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Like Father, Like Son
JAPAN · 2013

Like Father, Like Son

Hirokazu Kore-eda
parental identity nature vs nurture family bonds class differences moral dilemmas
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Synopsis

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.

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