Unprepared to give Keita up, and shocked that his biological son is being raised in a crummy rural appliance shop, Ryota proposes taking both boys. The other boy's name is Ryusei (Hwang Shogen), and he's the oldest of three kids who live a modest, messy life very unlike Keita's.įor the next year, the two families struggle with feelings and logistics. Like father, like son? Yes, but turns out it's nurture, not nature: Summoned to a meeting at the small-town hospital where Keita was born, Ryota and Midori learn that their son was switched with one born to Yukari Saiki (Yoko Maki) and her husband Yudai (Lily Franky). Ryota is impressed, too, since this model father-son bonding experience never happened. While quiet Keita is less than a prodigy at the piano, he's already skilled at bureaucratic gamesmanship in the movie's opening scene, the boy impresses an elementary-school admissions officer with a tale of going camping with his father. But he's made it clear to their son, Keita (Keita Ninomiya), that dad has big plans for him. There's no reference to a child in the Japanese title, which means "And So He Becomes a Father."Īt the center of this engaging if ultimately predictable film is a man who technically became a father six years ago: Ryota Ninomiya (actor and J-pop star Masaharu Fukuyama) is an ambitious Tokyo architect who leaves most of the nurturing stuff to his wife, Midori (Machiko Ono). But the English-language title of his latest movie, Like Father, Like Son, is a little misleading. Tokyo filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda is known for deft work with kids, sometimes in scenarios with little or no adult presence.
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