British distributors Arrow Films have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest film, Like Father, Like Son (2013), starring Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, and Yôko Maki. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is February 24th.
Earlier this year, Like Father, Like Son won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis: From Hirokazu Kore-eda, the globally acclaimed director of Nobody Knows, Still Walking, and I Wish. Hard-working businessman Ryota (Fukuyama) has found success both in his professional life and at home where he has a loving wife and a six-year-old son. When he receives the devastating news that the child he thought was his was actually accidentally switched with another baby when he was born, Ryoto has an almost impossible decision to make. As he begins to question his role as a father he must choose between the boy he has raised and the son he has never known.