First-day screening event of movie "Soshite Chichi ni Naru"

The first-day screening event of movie "Soshite Chichi ni Naru" was held on 28 Sep which was attended by cast members Fukuyama Masaharu, Lily Frankie, Ono Machiko, Maki Youko and the 4 child actors who play their children. As for the director Koreeda Hirokazu, he was in Los Angeles and could only join through a teleconference. It was announced during the event that Hollywood would be doing a remake of the same work and Koreeda was in US to sign the contract with Dreamworks just 4 hours before the screening. In response, Fukuyama offered his congratulations to the director.

The movie features Fukuyama and Ono as a couple who find out that their son had been swapped at birth with another family's baby 6 years ago and they had all along been raising a child who wasn't theirs. It depicts their struggles of coming to terms with the truth after knowing about it.

Source: Sponichi