Rental Family: Struggling American actor Phillip sees his TV and film gigs in Japan dry up so he turns to a different kind of performing job working at a thriving business where customers hire someone to perform a specific role. The assignments range from being a mourner, a friend, a groom, the other lover and, in one case, a father figure to a girl named Mia whose stressed-out mom needs a husband to increase her odds of getting into a prestigious school.
A couple of decades later, young people can simply look to their smartphones to find an entire cast of religious and spiritual influencers ready to share their form of the Good News. Catholic priests use humor to share larger beliefs of the faith, while "deconstructed" Christians show what life is like after leaving the faith of their youth. Mormon women showcase their lives to demonstrate how modern life can be infused with traditional Mormon values,