Until I Become A Father
2013, Japanese. Directed by Rikuta Genichi.
In Sapporo, college student Watanabe Sachi approaches her band leader boyfriend Takumi with the news that she is pregnant. Finding it difficult to deal with the fallout, the couple decide to leave Sapporo for the port city of Hakodate instead. Soon, however, they are separated and Sachi has to make a difficult decision about her baby on Christmas Eve. Her decision will ultimately involve Iwadate Shuichi and his wife Mizue, an older couple who still mourn the loss of their own child.
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 2 March 2013
- Original title
- 僕が父親になるまで
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yukie Hashiguchi
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Until I Become A Father runs 73 minutes (1h 13m).
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Until I Become A Father isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 March 2013. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Until I Become A Father?
Until I Become A Father (2013) was directed by Rikuta Genichi and stars Nao Minamisawa, Kaoru Okunuki, Daichi Watanabe.