
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.
Official trailer from TMDB
Yuichi Ishii
Mahiro
Mahiro's Mother
Father of Bride / Lottery Official
Bride
Ishii's Friend
Mahiro's Little Friend
Pantomime
Bullet Train Official
Bullet Train Employee
Lottery Winner
Woman at Fox Shrine
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Roc Morin








3/26/2025
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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