Yuichi Ishii: Last News

The need for connection lingers in every human heart. Marriages and friendships both stem from the inherent desire to connect with another person, but no other relationship affects the human experience more than family.

Family Romance, LLC will be officially released for MUBI members on the streaming platform on July 4, after 24 hours of free streaming.The preview event will also offer an exclusive introduction and 15-minute Q&A interview with Herzog, who directed the film and also served as writer and cinematographer.The virtual preview will be available to stream in over 150 countries, including the US, Canada, India and Australia.The film, based on true events, follows a Tokyo-based company offering stand-ins for absent family members and friends, available to rent.Herzog blends fiction and fact in the film, as it centres on fictional company founder Yuichi Ishii as he becomes involved in a more personal matter when the mother of a 12-year-old hires him

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentMUBI has acquired the SVOD and TV rights to Werner Herzog’s feature “Family Romance, LLC” for North America, Germany, Latin America (excluding Brazil), Turkey, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The sale was negotiated by Film Constellation.The film stars Yuichi Ishii, the real-life CEO of Family Romance LLC, a company that rents out human surrogates for his clients’ every need—a family member for a social event, someone to take the blame for a mistake at work, a stranger to help you relive the best moment of your life.In the film, a mother asks Ishii to impersonate her long-absent husband, and reconnect with her teenage daughter.