Family Romance, LLC

7/3/20201h 50m

Digital Release (US)

~ Followers, friends, family. All available for hire. ~

Overview:

Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.

Director:

Werner Herzog

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

japan
rent
family drama

Cast

Yuichi Ishii

~ as ~

Yuichi Ishii

Mahiro Tanimoto

~ as ~

Mahiro

Miki Fujimaki

~ as ~

Mahiro's Mother

Takashi Nakatani

~ as ~

Father of Bride / Lottery Official

Yuka Watanabe

~ as ~

Bride

Jin Kuroinu

~ as ~

Ishii's Friend

Airi Coats

~ as ~

Mahiro's Little Friend

Shun Ishigaki

~ as ~

Pantomime

Tatsuaki Hôjô

~ as ~

Bullet Train Official

Tetsuro Mori

~ as ~

Bullet Train Employee

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Reviews (1)

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badelf
Written 3 month(s) ago
6
As much as I love Herzog and his particular guerilla film style, this one left me cold. I've been in Japan and can totally believe that someone would hire a father of the bride. The characters are not quite believable.