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An American actor in Tokyo struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese 'rental family' agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality.
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and character-led.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Brendan FraserPhillip Vanderploeg
- Takehiro HiraShinji Tada
- Mari YamamotoAiko Nakajima
- Shannon Mahina GormanMia Kawasaki
- Akira EmotoKikuo Hasegawa
- Paolo Andrea Di PietroHandsome Actor
- Shinji OzekiCasting Director
- Takao KinBartender
- Risa KamedaNeighbor Girlfriend
- Yuma SonanNeighbor Boyfriend
Crew
- HikariDirector
- HikariWriter
- Stephen BlahutWriter
- Takuro IshizakaDirector of Photography
- Jon Thor BirgissonOriginal Music Composer
- Alex SomersOriginal Music Composer
- Alan BaumgartenEditor
- Thomas A. KruegerEditor
- Eddie VaismanProducer
- Julia LebedevProducer
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