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Rent a Person Who Does Nothing

2020 · 1 season

A gentle, low-key comfort watch where small everyday errands become quiet moments of human connection and warmth.

Created by: Yuki Tanada, Takayoshi Tanasawa
Genres: Drama
Starring: Takahisa Masuda, Manami Higa, Shono Hayama

Overview: The main character provides a highly unusual service by offering his companionship in exchange for the humble fee of covered transportation costs and payment of his food and beverage tab. Joining others to file legal papers, enjoy a denied icy treat, or to ride a train’s entire loop just for the fun of it, are typical of the requests he takes on. He is blessed with a young son and an extremely supportive wife. Interestingly enough, this person who does nothing, save for answering the simplest of questions, manages to warm the hearts of the people he meets.

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Created by: Yuki Tanada, Takayoshi Tanasawa
Genres: Drama
Starring: Takahisa Masuda, Manami Higa, Shono Hayama

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: loneliness
friendship
family
healing
identity
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	1
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama
Created by: Yuki Tanada, Takayoshi Tanasawa, Shogo Kusano, Takehiro Shindo
Written by: Takaaki Honda, Haruna Takekawa, Yosuke Masaike
Starring: Takahisa Masuda, Manami Higa, Shono Hayama, Toshimasa Komatsu, Akari Matsukawa, Kanji Furutachi, Mirai Shida, Kotaro Tanaka
Length: 1 seasons, 12 episodes, 32 min each
Network: TV Tokyo
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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