In the past, when this happened, the parents always decided to exchange so they’d get their real child back. Emotions run high, thinking about whom to blame… but more importantly, what to do. Anyway, when Keita’s results come back, it’s confirmed. They don’t know how it happened, but the other boy had to get a blood test, and the DNA didn’t match. It used to be a common problem, but in 1969 they started writing the names on the babies’ feet in magic marker. Sitting in the administrator’s office, they can hardly believe what they’re hearing… babies switched. He’s already in a mood because he has to take time off work.
“They said they wanted to talk to us,” says Midori. Out of the blue, there’s a call from the hospital where Keita was born. “Kindness is a fault,” says Ryota when Midori thinks he’s being too strict. He obviously has no talent for it, but Ryota doesn’t want him to be a quitter. Meanwhile, Keita is home from cram school and he’s supposed to be practicing the piano. “Ryota thinks he should work hard now rather than struggle later,” Midori says, trying to explain why her husband is never home. Nevertheless, there’s the site plan for that big project in Shinjuku to work on. “Your good work frees me up,” he says as he leaves. When he goes into the office on Saturday, he meets his boss, who’s on the way out. “He hasn’t changed… he takes after his mother,” says Ryota, his father.
Genre: Drama (120 minutes) Japanese with subtitlesĪt the school interview, 6-year-old Keita talks about summer and flying kites. Writer/Director: Hirokazu Koreeda ( Nobody Knows. Like Father, Like Son (2013) “Soshite chichi ni naru”Ĭast includes: Masaharu Fukuyama ( Ryomaden), Machiko Ono ( The Best Divorce), Yoko Maki ( The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift), Riri Furanki ( All Around Us)
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