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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are trading children like they\\u2019re freaking Yu-Gi-Oh cards up in this place in the 2013 film from Hirokazu Kore-eda, Like Father, Like Son.

We watched and talked about this film at length and I\\u2019m still baffled by some of the decisions that these supposed adults took with their children\\u2019s lives. How do you look at the baby you\\u2019ve raised into a real walking and talking person and say, \\u201cNah, there\\u2019s someone else out there that I\\u2019m going to choose. You don\\u2019t understand, kid, he\\u2019s got my blood.\\u201d

But here we are, and that\\u2019s the exact movie we talked about in this episode. Granted, the other parents weren\\u2019t so keen on the idea of upending their the lives of their kids, so I think they get a pass.

It\\u2019s a real nature vs. nurture situation here. Are you the product of your genetics or are you what your parents and community made you? Surely, it\\u2019s a combination of the two. It can\\u2019t be completely one or the other.

This film asks a tough question: Would you give up the child you raised if you found out that they weren\\u2019t your biological child? Would you take on the life of someone else\\u2019s kid out of some misplaced sense of vanity? Or would you be a better parent than Ryota and come to appreciate the life you helped develop a lot sooner than that doofus did?

Whatever the case may be, it sure as heck makes for a complex and stellar film.

(Recorded on February 3, 2022)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Like Father, Like Son - IMDb

Like Father, Like Son trailer - YouTube

Hirokazu Koreeda - IMDb

Masaharu Fukuyama - IMDb

Machiko Ono - IMDb

Y\\xf4ko Maki - IMDb

Lily Franky - IMDb

Keita Ninomiya - IMDb

Sh\\xf4gen Hwang - IMDb

Eight Legged Freaks (2002) - IMDb

Shoplifters (2018) - IMDb

Shoplifters | More Movies Please! - Libsyn

Hacksaw Ridge (2016) - IMDb

Sister, Sister (TV Series 1994\\u20131999) - IMDb

Smaug - Wikipedia

Psycho Goreman (2020) - IMDb

Pinky and the Brain (TV Series 1995\\u20131998) - IMDb

Instant Family (2018) - IMDb

Still Walking (2008) - IMDb

Tommy Boy (1995) - IMDb

Tommy Boy | More Movies Please! - Libsyn

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