Becoming Father

Here's a film aware that workplace meet-cutes rarely end well. A stationery salesman in Tokyo meets a woman, and they begin an unlikely romance. The picture manages to make the mundane feel significant, which is a kind of magic trick.

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Tetsuya Mariko directed Becoming Father in 2019. See Tetsuya Mariko's full filmography, where to start with Tetsuya Mariko, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tetsuya Mariko.

Becoming Father was released in 2019 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 129 minutes.