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Family Romance, LLC (2019)

6.2 | Oct 24, 2019 (US) | Drama | 01:50
http://familyromancellc.com/
japan rent family drama

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.

Featured Crew

Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Sound Designer, Sound Mixer
Dialogue Editor
Still Photographer
Digital Colorist
Original Music Composer
Digital Intermediate Producer
Assistant Sound Editor
Wardrobe Coordinator
Translator

Cast

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Yuichi Ishii
Yuichi Ishii
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Mahiro Tanimoto
Mahiro
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Miki Fujimaki
Mahiro's Mother
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Takashi Nakatani
Father of Bride / Lottery Official
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Yuka Watanabe
Bride
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Jin Kuroinu
Ishii's Friend
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Airi Coats
Mahiro's Little Friend
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Shun Ishigaki
Pantomime
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Tatsuaki Hôjô
Bullet Train Official
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Tetsuro Mori
Bullet Train Employee

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Reviews

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badelf
6 | Mar 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.