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Rental Family

Rental Family

Happiness tailored to you!

20257.81h 50m

Overview

An American actor in Tokyo struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese 'rental family' agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality.

Directed by Hikari
Written by Hikari, Stephen Blahut
Produced by Hikari, Shin Yamaguchi, Eddie Vaisman
Box Office0Revenue: $22.6M

Top Cast

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser

Phillip Vanderploeg

Takehiro Hira

Takehiro Hira

Shinji Tada

Mari Yamamoto

Mari Yamamoto

Aiko Nakajima

Shannon Mahina Gorman

Shannon Mahina Gorman

Mia Kawasaki

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Kikuo Hasegawa

Paolo Andrea Di Pietro

Paolo Andrea Di Pietro

Handsome Actor

Helen Sadler

Helen Sadler

Sonia

Shinji Ozeki

Shinji Ozeki

Casting Director

Bun Kimura

Bun Kimura

Kota Nakano

Tamae Ando

Tamae Ando

Lola

Themes & Keywords

self-discoverytragedytokyo, japanexpatriatesurrogate fathermeditativephilosophicalreflectiveactorsereneinspirationalrental familyhuman connection

About Rental Family

Rental Family is a drama, comedy film released in 2025 exploring themes of self-discovery, tragedy, tokyo, japan, expatriate, surrogate father, meditative. Directed by Hikari, it stars Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto. An American actor in Tokyo struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese 'rental family' agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality.

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