Japan Synopsis
そして父になる
“At what point does a father truly become a father?”
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.
Audience Engagement
603 audience reviews — more than 94% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Like Father, Like Son. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Fuji Television Network
The 2012–2014 Japan Window
Like Father, Like Son holds position #102 of 530 Japan films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Like Father, Like Son premiered alongside 177 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 177 other Japan films in 2013.
The 2833rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Like Father, Like Son, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- lost child · 4
- eating with chopsticks · 1
- father son relationship · 26
- childhood · 12
- family relationships · 57
- parent child relationship · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #883 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (81st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #366 of 1,933 (top 19%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Fuji Television Network, BUN-BUKU, AMUSE, GAGA Corporation |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | September 28, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt2331143 |