00:00In Tokyo, you can rent just about anything,
00:05and a family is really no exception.
00:10Tokyo, in a big city like that, you feel so isolated.
00:13And you can hire people hourly to be your mom, your dad,
00:17brother, sister, cousin, boyfriend, anything you want.
00:20Welcome to our hurry.
00:23That sounds out of the ordinary to most of us,
00:26but when you look a little bit closer,
00:28you see that it actually serves a purpose
00:30that's beyond what you might think.
00:33If you're not married,
00:34if you don't have a girlfriend or a boyfriend,
00:36or family close,
00:37then you just want to be friends with somebody,
00:39and you can just have a guy come to you.
00:41They're looking for connection,
00:42even though they're paying for the connection.
00:44There's a lot of interesting chemistry happens
00:46between people who rent and people who work
00:49at a rental company.
00:51Hello, Mia. I'm your father.
00:53Hi.
00:54Hi.
00:55The movie center is around Philip, the American.
00:59Philip has been living in Japan for many years,
01:02and he's basically an out-of-work actor.
01:04The owner of a rental family agency gives him his card
01:07and says, maybe I could use you.
01:09What do you need me for?
01:11We need a talking white guy.
01:13It's a niche market,
01:14and I need someone to fill the role.
01:15Looking at happiness,
01:17keeping my flavor fresh.
01:19Nobody knows I guess...
01:21That's good.
01:21Okay, let's do that.
01:23This character is a fish out of water.
01:25He had to redefine himself.
01:26He then found a new home.
01:28I think, deep down,
01:29Philip has also been looking for connection
01:31with other people.
01:34These people look at you.
01:35Like, they've been waiting for you
01:37their whole lives.
01:43Through playing roles in the client's lives,
01:47he discovers what's been missing in his life.
01:49And every character he meets will start adding
01:52a little bit more color into his life.
01:54The journey that he goes on takes him
01:56to all the different places,
01:58and his character goes through transformations.
02:00Whoo!
02:06This story is really about letting family be the people
02:09who we treasure, and the rental family agency
02:11gives everyone a chance.
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