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Like Father, Like Son ()

Soshite chichi ni naru (original title)
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Ryota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.
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Cast

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Ryota Nonomiya
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Midori Nonomiya
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Yukari Saiki
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Yudai Saiki (as Lily Frankie)
Keita Ninomiya ...
Keita Nonomiya
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Ryusei Saiki
Kazuya Takahashi
Yoshida Yoh
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(as Piêru Taki)
Ichirô Ogura
Hana Kino
Hiroshi Ohkôchi
Kazuaki Shimizu
Tsuyoshi Hayashi
Tomomitsu Adachi
Shirô Katô
Miyu Takizawa
Oshiba Yamato
Oziel Nozaki
Tetsushi Tanaka
Arata Iura
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jun Fubuki ...
Nobuko Nonomiya
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Riko Ishizeki (as Kilin Kiki)
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Kazushi Kamiyama
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Ryosuke Nonomiya
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Co-girlfriend (as Yô Yoshida)

Directed by

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Kore-eda Hirokazu ... (as Hirokazu Koreeda)

Written by

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Kore-eda Hirokazu ... (screenplay) (as Hirokazu Koreeda)

Produced by

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Chiaki Harada ... executive producer
Tatsuro Hatanaka ... chief executive producer
Chihiro Kameyama ... chief executive producer
Kaoru Matsuzaki ... producer
Yasuyuki Niino ... line producer
Satomi Odake ... executive producer
Yasushi Ogawa ... executive producer
Megumi Osawa ... associate producer
Hijiri Taguchi ... producer
Tatsumi Yoda ... chief executive producer

Music by

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Takeshi Matsubara ... co-composer
Junichi Matsumoto ... co-composer
Takashi Mori ... co-composer

Cinematography by

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Mikiya Takimoto

Editing by

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Kore-eda Hirokazu ... (as Hirokazu Koreeda)

Editorial Department

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Akihiko Eguchi ... dcp: coordinator
Megumi Hashiba ... negative cutter
Daisuke Kawashima ... lab coordinator
Kenny Kusaka ... lab manager (as Kentaro Kusaka)
Mayuna Naitô ... telecine: key code (as Mayuna Naito)
Kôji Okada ... lab coordinator (as Koji Okada)
Wataru Shimogawara ... telecine: key code
Morio Takahashi ... color timer
Kazuki Tanahashi ... colorist
Tazuhisa Tanno ... dcp
Yusuke Yamada ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Toshie Tabata

Production Design by

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Keiko Mitsumatsu

Art Direction by

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Kazunari Hattori

Set Decoration by

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Akiko Matsuba

Makeup Department

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Narumi Furukawa ... hair artist / makeup artist
Rieko Minami ... assistant hair artist / assistant makeup artist
Hiromi Momose ... hair artist / makeup artist
Muranaka Sachie ... hair artist: support / makeup artist: support

Production Management

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Yu Kumagai ... production manager
Shigetoshi Nakamura ... post-production manager
Yasuharu Suido ... production management

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Kaoru Endô ... second assistant director
Atsushi Kaneshige ... assistant director
Kae Takeyari ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Ayu Hasuike ... production design support
Nohara Ichijo ... prop master
Nami Iijima ... food stylist
Umi Itai ... assistant food stylist
Takeshi Kanabayashi ... production design support
Daichi Kobayashi ... production design support
Nonoko Matsui ... production design support
Ayako Matsuo ... assistant set decorator
Nobuya Mochinaga ... production design support
Toshiharu Nakamae ... production design support
Shigeyuki Sasano ... production design support
Shusaku Tsukamoto ... assistant set decorator

Sound Department

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Miyuki Horiuchi ... foley artist
Ken Iizuka ... sound assistant
Hirotoshi Oguro ... sound assistant
Akihiko Okase ... foley artist / sound effects editor
Shuichi Tanaka ... studio engineer
Kazuhiko Tomita ... sound assistant
Yutaka Tsurumaki ... sound
Shintaro Yamaguchi ... studio engineer

Visual Effects by

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Hisashi Nemoto ... d.i. editor: assistant
Masahiro Osaka ... scanning
Saori Sekiguchi ... titles
Tsutomu Suga ... compositor
Naotaka Takahashi ... d.i. editor
Teruo Tsuda ... titles

Camera and Electrical Department

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Norikiyo Fujii ... lighting
Tomoko Hasegawa ... making of
Satoshi Hori ... lighting assistant
Gen Ito ... assistant cameraman
Tomoshi Kosaco ... lighting assistant (as Kosako Tomoshi)
Shigeto Kunii ... assistant cameraman
Haruki Ohori ... lighting assistant
Naoko Onuma ... making of
Taku Sakuuchi ... lighting assistant
Shinya Sato ... still photographer & making-of
Yasuhisa Shiomi ... grip: support
Mikiya Takimoto ... still photographer
Satoshi Tani ... lighting assistant
Teruyoshi Toyota ... assistant still photographer
Tsunenobu Tsukimura ... key grip
Sayaka Watanabe ... still photographer: management
Yoshiaki Yamamoto ... assistant still photographer
Hironori Yamasaki ... assistant cameraman

Casting Department

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Yoko Sugiyama ... casting: scheduler
Yôko Yamashita ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Misako Kajimoto ... stylist
Kazuko Kurosawa ... stylist
Sayaka Takahashi ... stylist: support

Location Management

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Fumitsugu Abe ... location manager
Kazushi Aoyama ... assistant location manager
Naoyuki Sakamoto ... assistant location manager
Noriaki Taga ... assistant location manager

Music Department

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Takeshi Matsubara ... original score
Junichi Matsumoto ... original score / piano
Takashi Mori ... original score
Ikuko Nishikawa ... piano
Keiko Shinozaki ... music director
Teru Yasui ... music producer (as Shin Yasui)

Script and Continuity Department

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Miho Tomita ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Hideyuki Hanya ... driver
Motomi Hashimoto ... driver
Katsuaki Inoue ... driver
Tomoyuki Koyama ... driver
Hirokazu Tanaka ... driver

Additional Crew

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Hiroshi Adachi ... direction support
Yoshiko Araki ... production accountant
Yuya Chihara ... marketing
Hirokazu Fujisawa ... direction support
Toru Hayakawa ... production support (as Hayakawa Tooru)
Nanako Hirose ... assistant to director
Nao Ichihara ... direction support
Shizumi Inoue ... production support
Eiji Kitahara ... assistant to director
Hiroki Kubota ... direction support
Tsuyoshi Matsushita ... marketing manager
Takao Mizuno ... theatrical distribution: manager
Shôichi Morimoto ... direction support
Masami Morita ... nursing advisor
Chieko Nemoto ... marketing
Hisashi Numata ... dialect coach
Kenichi Ohashi ... marketing
Shoko Okamura ... assistant to director
Kentaro Onizuka ... trailer
Keiko Oyama ... production accountant
Hirofumi Sugahara ... legal consultant
Tomoko Watanabe ... marketing producer

Thanks

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Misako Asahina ... special thanks: for production design
Fudousan Daimaru ... special thanks: for location
Kohei Imanaka ... special thanks: for script & editing
Yoshihiro Ito ... special thanks: for production design
Yuichi Ito ... special thanks: for production design
Mizuki Iwamoto ... special thanks
Yuki Koitabashi ... special thanks: for production design
Masayuki Matsuda ... special thanks: for production design
Ayano Matsushita ... special thanks: for production design
Yuusuke Minamibayashi ... special thanks: for location
Kouichi Miura ... special thanks: for production design
Kousuke Miyagi ... special thanks: for production design
Chieri Nakayama ... special thanks: for production design
Kiyotaka Narukawa ... special thanks: for production design
Yuko Nihonmatsu ... special thanks
Miwa Nishikawa ... special thanks: for script & editing
Shintaro Ono ... special thanks
Ai Otake ... special thanks
Kensetsu Saikou ... special thanks: for location
Yuki Saitou ... special thanks: for location
Toshihiko Sakurai ... special thanks
Yumeka Sayama ... special thanks: for location
Shigekatsu Shirakuma ... special thanks: for interviews
Hiroki Sugaya ... special thanks: for production design
Mami Sunada ... special thanks: for script & editing
Zenichi Tachita ... special thanks: for production design
Shizuo Takahashi ... special thanks: for interviews
Shokai Tsutaya ... special thanks: for location
Tomonao Watanabe ... special thanks: for production design
Kohei Yamaji ... special thanks: for location

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Would you choose your natural son, or the son you believed was yours after spending 6 years together? Kore-eda Hirokazu, the globally acclaimed director of "Nobody Knows", "Still Walking" and "I Wish", returns to the big screen with another family - a family thrown into torment after a phone call from the hospital where the son was born... Ryota has earned everything he has by his hard work, and believes nothing can stop him from pursuing his perfect life as a winner. Then one day, he and his wife, Midori, get an unexpected phone call from the hospital. Their 6-year-old son, Keita, is not 'their' son - the hospital gave them the wrong baby. Ryota is forced to make a life-changing decision, to choose between 'nature' and 'nurture.' Seeing Midori's devotion to Keita even after learning his origin, and communicating with the rough yet caring family that has raised his natural son for the last six years, Ryota also starts to question himself: has he really been a 'father' all these years... Written by Wild Bunch

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Taglines At what point does a father truly become a father? See more »
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Also Known As
  • そして父になる (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Like Father, Like Son (United States)
  • Like Father, Like Son (Indonesia, English title)
  • Like Father, Like Son (New Zealand, English title)
  • Like Father, Like Son (World-wide, English title)
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Runtime
  • 121 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia In the film Masaharu Fukuyama's character can be seen using a Canon camera. In reality he is sponsored by the company. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Cannes Film Festival 2013 (2013). See more »
Soundtracks Aria See more »
Quotes Yudai Saiki: I can't do it any more, it's over. They've worn me out. One must have them before being 40. I am too old. You are younger than I. You should find time to be around your son.
Ryota Nonomiya: Well, there's all kinds of families in this world.
Yudai Saiki: Don't you bathe together?
Ryota Nonomiya: In our family, the idea is one must be independent.
Yudai Saiki: Well, if that's the case, of course it's very honourable. But, believe me, it's worth dedicating some time to him. Let's be honest, in these last six months I've spent more time with him than you have.
Ryota Nonomiya: Come on, there are other things besides time!
Yudai Saiki: Don't you think that, for kids, giving them time is everything.
Ryota Nonomiya: There are things at work that only I can do.
Yudai Saiki: But no one can play the role of the father other than you.
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