Family Romance, LLC (2019) on Netflix
Yuichi Ishii runs Family Romance, an agency renting people for social roles. Mahiro's mother hires him to play the father of 12-year-old Mahiro, who has no memories of her own father.
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- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb6.7/103,441 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes73%
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Plot summary
Family Romance is a rental family service in Japan, and its founder, Yuichi Ishii, sends out stand-ins for husbands, friends and other social roles. He takes on the jobs without judging the clients who ask for them, and the company describes its purpose as helping people through hard times. One contract has Ishii pretending to be the father of Mahiro, a shy 12-year-old with no memories of her own father and no certainty about the man now visiting her. Her mother, who set up the arrangement, wants to know what the girl is thinking and saying. Mahiro gradually welcomes him into her life.
Cast
- Yuichi Ishiias Yuichi Ishii
- Mahiro Tanimotoas Mahiro
- Miki Fujimakias Mahiro's Mother
- Takashi Nakatanias Father of Bride / Lottery Official
- Yuka Watanabeas Bride
- Jin Kuroinuas Ishii's Friend
- Airi Coatsas Mahiro's Little Friend
- Shun Ishigakias Pantomime
- Tatsuaki Hôjôas Bullet Train Official
- Tetsuro Morias Bullet Train Employee
- Ryoko Sugimachias Lottery Winner
- Airi Asohas Woman at Fox Shrine
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Family Romance, LLC (2019)
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- Werner Herzog shot about 300 to 350 minutes of footage for Family Romance, LLC, which he wrote and directed with non-professional actors speaking Japanese.
