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Family Romance, LLC (2019)

NR Oct 24, 2019 Drama 1h 50m
User Score
62%
71 votes
Internet Movie Database
67%
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
6800%

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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.

Werner Herzog
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Yuichi Ishii
Yuichi Ishii

Yuichi Ishii
Mahiro Tanimoto
Mahiro Tanimoto

Mahiro
Miki Fujimaki
Miki Fujimaki

Mahiro's Mother
Takashi Nakatani
Takashi Nakatani

Father of Bride / Lottery Official
Yuka Watanabe
Yuka Watanabe

Bride
Jin Kuroinu
Jin Kuroinu

Ishii's Friend
Airi Coats
Airi Coats

Mahiro's Little Friend
Shun Ishigaki
Shun Ishigaki

Pantomime
Tatsuaki Hôjô
Tatsuaki Hôjô

Bullet Train Official

Full Cast & Crew

Media

Family Romance, LLC | In Conversation with Werner Herzog | MUBI
Family Romance, LLC | In Conversation with Werner Herzog | MUBI
Featurette
BFI at Home: Family Romance, LLC. director Werner Herzog, in conversation with Asif Kapadia
BFI at Home: Family Romance, LLC. director Werner Herzog, in conversation with Asif Kapadia
Featurette
Family Romance, LLC (directed by Werner Herzog) | UK Official Trailer | Available to Watch 3 July
Family Romance, LLC (directed by Werner Herzog) | UK Official Trailer | Available to Watch 3 July
Trailer
FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC | Official Trailer | Free Virtual Preview on MUBI July 3
FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC | Official Trailer | Free Virtual Preview on MUBI July 3
Trailer
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Reviews

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A review by badelf
Written on March 26, 2025

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....

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