In “Mending Cracks,” actor-director Kazuki Nagaya’s earnest but patchy debut feature, the prodigal child is Miki (Hisao Kurozumi) who returns to the unnamed provincial town of his youth to be with his ...

The father instantly forgives the younger son and welcomes him back into the family, throwing a party when he returns. The younger, lost, or prodigal son was ‘dead’ before, not literally but ...