Family Romance, LLC

“Followers, friends, family. All available for hire.”

6.2(74)20191h 50m

Drama

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

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Cast

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

Reviews

1 review

badelf

11mo ago

6.0

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.