Family Romance, LLC
Family Romance, LLC
Family Romance, LLC
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2019
1h 50m
6.2(74 votes)
Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

38 members
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Yuichi Ishii

Yuichi Ishii

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Mahiro Tanimoto

Mahiro

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Miki Fujimaki

Mahiro's Mother

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Takashi Nakatani

Father of Bride / Lottery Official

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Yuka Watanabe

Bride

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Jin Kuroinu

Ishii's Friend

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Airi Coats

Mahiro's Little Friend

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Shun Ishigaki

Pantomime

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Tatsuaki Hôjô

Bullet Train Official

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Crew

Tetsuro Mori

Bullet Train Employee

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Ryoko Sugimachi

Lottery Winner

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Airi Asoh

Woman at Fox Shrine

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Yuki Wakabayashi

Hedgehog Cafe Worker

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Umetani Hideyasu

Robot Hotel Manager

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Iwamoto Eisuke

Funeral Home Manager

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Take Nakamura

Oracle

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Yuika Koide

Ishii's Infant Child

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永井すみれ

Idol with Paparazzi

永井すみれ
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Ryosuke Nakanishi

Paparazzi

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Mayu Nakamura

Paparazzi

Mayu Nakamura
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Makoto Sasaki

Paparazzi

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Seiji Inoue

Paparazzi

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Kazushige Nishida

Paparazzi

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Hideyuki Suzawa

Paparazzi

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三木崇史

Swordfighter

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Daiki Ishida

Swordfighter

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Shun Hishikawa

Swordfighter

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Kazuya Ichino

Swordfighter

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Teru Itashiki

Swordfighter

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Yuta Kato

Swordfighter

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Mio Hinata

Swordfighter

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Ryota Hashimoto

Swordfighter

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Soutaro Tsuji

Swordfighter

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Kiju Kitamura

Musician with Swordfighters

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Yuki Masai

Cheerleader

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Urara Fujishiro

Cheerleader

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Mai Suzuki

Cheerleader

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Kumi Manda

Mother of the Bride

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