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A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, Metacritic 64/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 88% of the 4,610 2020s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Hulu.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic64/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
1,016 audience votes
Key crew
- HikariDirector
- HikariWriter
- Stephen BlahutWriter
- Jon Thor BirgissonOriginal Music Composer
- Alex SomersOriginal Music Composer
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
- Kana KittyNeighbor Business Woman
- Gan FurukawaNeighbor Old Man
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Themes
self-discoverytokyo, japancandidsocial isolationactoremotional healinginner conflictrental familyboldhopefulhuman connectionsearch for identity
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