DRAMA

Finding Dad
DRAMA
50 mins Episode(s): 1
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Award of Excellence at the Media Arts Festival.
Jiro, a chef, is engaged to Satoko, a kindergarten teacher.
Jiro has not seen his father for 11 years, since his parents got a divorce. Jiro decides to send a wedding invitation to his father, but when his mother finds out, she is enraged and their family life experiences upheaval. She runs away from home and creates an interesting dynamic between Jiro, Satoko, and her current husband.
When Jiro visits his father, a tailor, he finds out that he is moving to Tokyo.
This film captures a bittersweet, father-son relationship that creates interesting twists on Jiro’s wedding day.
Jiro, a chef, is engaged to Satoko, a kindergarten teacher.
Jiro has not seen his father for 11 years, since his parents got a divorce. Jiro decides to send a wedding invitation to his father, but when his mother finds out, she is enraged and their family life experiences upheaval. She runs away from home and creates an interesting dynamic between Jiro, Satoko, and her current husband.
When Jiro visits his father, a tailor, he finds out that he is moving to Tokyo.
This film captures a bittersweet, father-son relationship that creates interesting twists on Jiro’s wedding day.
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