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.
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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
Director
Werner Herzog
Tagline
"Followers, friends, family. All available for hire."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Skellig Rock
badelf
March 26, 2025
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.
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