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Screen/Society--AMI Showcase--Cine-East: East Asian Cinema (Japan)--"Like Father, Like Son"

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015
7:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Cine-East Series

Film Screening: "Like Father, Like Son" (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2013, 121 min, Japan, in Japanese w/ English subtitles, Color, Blu-Ray) / Ryota (Masaharu Fukuyama) is a successful Tokyo architect who works long hours to provide for his wife, Midori (Machiko Ono) and six-year-old son, Keita. But when a blood test reveals Keita and another baby were switched at birth, two very different families are thrown together and forced to make a difficult decision while Ryota confronts his own issues of responsibility and what it means to be a father. "Like Father, Like Son" extends the Japanese cinema tradition of familial exploration to deliver a gentle and moving story of personal redemption that playfully navigates its way through the drama. /--" What stays with you ... is the unlikely shadow of loss, not least in the hearts of the boys' mothers: how can a loving child, even the 'wrong' one, be let go?"--Antony Lane, "New Yorker" / Trailer: https://youtu.be/pL3MQ9VNjmI

Contact: Hank Okazaki