The American actor in Tokyo, struggling with the loss of meaning, gets an unusual job: he works for the Japanese agency of "rental families", where he takes on alternate roles for foreigners. In doing so, he rediscovers the meaning, belonging and beauty of human connection.
Director and screenwriter Hikari ( Beef ) and Oscar – winning actor Brendan Fraser (Kit ) have created a warm, witty and moving story about how we all – regardless of place or culture-crave connection.
Set in bustling Tokyo, the Film follows an American actor who finds himself on an unusual life path after years of failures and inner emptiness. He accepts work in a Japanese agency that "loans" family members to those who feel lonely. His new roles? Son, husband, brother – to everyone who wants a feeling of closeness and warmth. As he begins to get entangled in their true stories, false relationships take on genuine emotional depth, and the line between play and reality slowly blurs. In the midst of moral dilemmas and his own vulnerabilities, he discovers what he has been looking for all his life – the importance of home, belonging and human connection.
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Brendan Fraser, Mari Modamamoto, Takehiro Hira, Akira Emoto
Ameriški igralec v Tokiu, ki se spopada z izgubo smisla, dobi nenavadno zaposlitev: dela za japonsko agencijo »najemnih družin«, kjer za tujce prevzema nadomestne vloge. Ob tem znova odkrije smisel, pripadnost in lepoto človeške povezanosti.
Režiserka in scenaristka Hikari ( Beef ) in z oskarjem nagrajeni igralec Brendan Fraser ( Kit ) sta ustvarila toplo, duhovito in ganljivo zgodba o tem, kako vsi – ne glede na kraj ali kulturo – hrepenimo po povezanosti.
Film, postavljen v živahni Tokio, sledi ameriškemu igralcu, ki se po letih neuspehov in notranje praznine znajde na nenavadni življenjski poti. Sprejme delo v japonski agenciji, ki »izposoja« družinske člane tistim, ki se počutijo osamljene. Njegove nove vloge? Sin, mož, brat – vsem, ki si želijo občutek bližine in topline. Ko se začne zapletati v njihove resnične zgodbe, lažni odnosi dobivajo pristno čustveno globino, meja med igro in resničnostjo pa se počasi briše. Sredi moralnih dilem in lastnih ranljivosti odkrije tisto, kar je iskal vse življenje – pomen doma, pripadnosti in človeške povezanosti.
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Brendan Fraser, Mari Yamamoto, Takehiro Hira, Akira Emoto