
“Followers, friends, family. All available for hire.”
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.
Release Date: 10/24/2019
Runtime: 110 minutes
Languages: Japanese
Director: Werner Herzog
00Companies: Skellig Rock
Countries: United States of America
badelf
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.
Airi Coats
Mahiro's Little Friend
Yuichi Ishii
Yuichi Ishii
Mahiro Tanimoto
Mahiro
Miki Fujimaki
Mahiro's Mother
Takashi Nakatani
Father of Bride / Lottery Official
Yuka Watanabe
Bride
Jin Kuroinu
Ishii's Friend
Airi Coats
Mahiro's Little Friend
Shun Ishigaki
Pantomime
Tatsuaki Hôjô
Bullet Train Official
Tetsuro Mori
Bullet Train Employee
Ryoko Sugimachi
Lottery Winner
Airi Asoh
Woman at Fox Shrine
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