Family Romance, LLC (2019)
1h 50m | PG-13
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
Studio: Skellig Rock
Genre: Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
Yuichi Ishii
as Yuichi Ishii
Mahiro Tanimoto
as Mahiro
Miki Fujimaki
as Mahiro's Mother
Takashi Nakatani
as Father of Bride / Lottery Official
Yuka Watanabe
as Bride
Jin Kuroinu
as Ishii's Friend
Reviews
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.