Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son

At what point does a father truly become a father?

2013120 min7.7 / 10

A tender, philosophically rich family drama that uses a switched-at-birth premise to explore what truly defines parenthood and belonging.

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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