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.
Keywords: actor , expatriate , self-discovery , tokyo-japan , blurred-reality , human-connection , rental-family , surrogate-father , intergenerational-friendship , movies-online , inspirational , meditative , philosophical , reflective , serene , tragedy , joyful , coping-with-grief , emotional-bonding , emotional-healing , expatriate-life , inner-conflict , longing-for-belonging , personal-tragedy , professional-actor , search-for-identity , social-isolation , surrogate-roles , bold , candid , hopeful