Like Father, Like Son
2013 · 120 min · Director: Hirokazu Koreeda, Hirokazu Kore-eda
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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...
Emotional fingerprint
Like Father, Like Son (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Sadness 25%, Hope 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy35%
- Sadness25%
- Hope20%
- Love10%
- Melancholy10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Hope. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Hope. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Love
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Love |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Love | 35 % | 20 % | 5 % | 18 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Tension | 46 % | 30 % | 16 % | 19 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Empathy | 54 % | 43 % | 34 % | 21 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Sadness | 53 % | 44 % | 38 % | 23 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Love | 46 % | 38 % | 26 % | 24 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Tension | 41 % | 31 % | 16 % | 26 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Love | 38 % | 24 % | 9 % | 29 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Love | 37 % | 26 % | 11 % | 27 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Empathy | 49 % | 39 % | 28 % | 21 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Tension | 60 % | 44 % | 40 % | 16 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Tension | 56 % | 41 % | 38 % | 20 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Empathy | 53 % | 46 % | 39 % | 30 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Sadness | 59 % | 56 % | 49 % | 39 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Empathy | 60 % | 59 % | 49 % | 38 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Empathy | 59 % | 59 % | 49 % | 26 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Sadness | 61 % | 60 % | 55 % | 24 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 99′ | Sadness | 61 % | 57 % | 51 % | 34 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 105′ | Love | 68 % | 63 % | 53 % | 51 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 111′ | Sadness | 76 % | 71 % | 61 % | 65 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 117′ | Love | 73 % | 68 % | 55 % | 65 % |
Cinderella
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Keita Nonomiya
Ryusei Saiki
Shoko Miyazaki
Akiyama
Tadaharu Orima
Miyu Saiki
Yamato Saiki
Details
- Directed by
- Hirokazu Koreeda, Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Written by
- Hirokazu Koreeda, Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2013
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Country
- Japan
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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