Romance is a business. Family, friends, followers. All available for hire. A man is hired to impersonate the missing father of a twelve year old girl. Shot in Japan, with Japanese actors, in the Japanese language, Oscar-nominated auteur Werner Herzog brings to the screen a unique angle to recurring themes around people chasing impossible dreams.
“In Japan, the rent-a-family business offers everything from a cure for loneliness to a coverup for a secret shame. Herzog meets the man who replaces absent or disappointing relatives in this sensitive new drama.” - Katherine McLaughlin, Sight & Sound
- Year2020
- Runtime89 minutes
- LanguageJapanese
- CountryJapan
- Rating12
- DirectorWerner Herzog
- CastIshii Yuichi, Mahiro, Miki Fujimaki, Umetani Hideyasu, Shun Ishigaki
Romance is a business. Family, friends, followers. All available for hire. A man is hired to impersonate the missing father of a twelve year old girl. Shot in Japan, with Japanese actors, in the Japanese language, Oscar-nominated auteur Werner Herzog brings to the screen a unique angle to recurring themes around people chasing impossible dreams.
“In Japan, the rent-a-family business offers everything from a cure for loneliness to a coverup for a secret shame. Herzog meets the man who replaces absent or disappointing relatives in this sensitive new drama.” - Katherine McLaughlin, Sight & Sound
- Year2020
- Runtime89 minutes
- LanguageJapanese
- CountryJapan
- Rating12
- DirectorWerner Herzog
- CastIshii Yuichi, Mahiro, Miki Fujimaki, Umetani Hideyasu, Shun Ishigaki