00:00In Tokyo, you can rent just about anything.
00:05And the family is really no exception.
00:10Tokyo, in a big city like that, you feel so isolated.
00:13And you can hire...
00:15To be your mom, your dad, brother, sister, cousin, boyfriend, anything.
00:20Welcome to our family.
00:23That sounds out of the order.
00:25It's extraordinary to most of us.
00:27But when you look a little bit closer, you see that it actually...
00:30It actually serves a purpose that's beyond what you might think.
00:33If you're not married, if you don't have a girlfriend...
00:35Or a boyfriend, a family close, then you just want to be friends with somebody.
00:39You can just have...
00:40Have a guy come to you.
00:41They're looking for connection, even though they're paying for the connection.
00:45There's a lot of interesting chemistry happens between people who rent and people who work at a rental.
00:51Hello, Mia.
00:52I'm your father.
00:53I love you.
00:55I love you.
00:56I love you.
00:57The movie center is one.
00:58Philip, the American.
00:59Philip, I...
01:00He's been living in Japan for many years and he's basically an out-of-work actor.
01:05The owner of a rental family agency gives him his card and says, maybe I could use you.
01:10What do you need me for?
01:12We need a talking white guy.
01:13It's a niche market and I need...
01:15...someone to feel the role.
01:20Nobody knows I guess...
01:21Okay, let's do that.
01:23This character is a fish out of water.
01:25He had to redefine himself and then found a new home.
01:28I think deep down Philip...
01:30...has also been looking for connection with other people.
01:35Look at you.
01:35Like they've been waiting for you their whole lives.
01:40Through playing roles...
01:45...in the client's lives.
01:47He discovers what's been missing in his life.
01:50And every character he meets will start adding a little bit more color into his life.
01:55The journey that he goes on takes him to all the different places and this character goes through...
02:00...transformations.
02:05This story is really about letting family be the people who we treat.
02:10...and the rental family agency gives everyone that chance.
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