Modern Love: Hirokazu Koreeda's Like Father, Like Son

Cultures the world over have always been preoccupied with ideas like 'blue blood' and 'blood being thicker than water'. But, in reality, how important are bloodlines and gene pools to the people we ultimately become? This Cannes Jury Prize–winning film uses the story of two boys switched at birth to reinvigorate the...nature-versus-nurture debate, writes Sarinah Masukor.

Additional keywords: Asian cinema, Japan, heredity, switched at birth, identity.