The actor Philip Vanderploeg is a factotum. He lives in seclusion in Tokyo, where he once had some success with an advertisement for toothpaste. Every now and then someone offers him a supporting role in a blockbuster, but he can’t really profit from a special role. Because Japanese society is very homogeneous. Actually, there should be something to do for a man from the West, but in fact he hardly has any engagements. That changes when he comes across an agency that has discovered a new field for actors: Philipp soon appears in private contexts, as a hired man who plays a role for an afternoon or longer.
