American actor Phillip Vanderploeg (Brendan Fraser) lives in Tokyo and struggles to find work after his success in a toothpaste commercial seven years earlier. He is hired by Rental Family, a company that provides actors to play stand-in family members and friends for strangers, including acting as the estranged father of young half-Japanese girl Mia Kawasaki and profiling her father Kikuo Hasegawa, a retired actor with dementia. As Phillip forms strong bonds with both Mia and Kikuo, he begins to confront his own personal tragedy and search for identity, ultimately leading him to take Kikuo on an emotional journey that changes them both forever.
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