- Rental Family - Wikipedia
Rental Family is a 2025 comedy-drama film directed by Hikari, who co-wrote the script with Stephen Blahut The film stars Brendan Fraser as an American actor based in Japan that begins working for a rental family agency, where he fills in hired roles for strangers
- Rental Family (2025) - IMDb
Rental Family: Directed by Hikari With Brendan Fraser, Paolo Andrea Di Pietro, Shinji Ozeki, Takao Kin An American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers He rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the beauty of human connection
- Rental Family Director and Stars Explain the Movies Real-Life . . .
The film's director and actors share insight with TODAY com about the real-life rental family business in Japan
- Rental Family | Rotten Tomatoes
Set in modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency,
- Rental Family Review: Brendan Fraser, Gentle Giant in Japan
We are served quite the dicey premise in the Tokyo-set drama comedy “Rental Family,” and in the wrong hands, it could have been a cringey, overly sugary disaster But thanks to Hikari’s elegant direction, a nimble and melancholic script by Hikari and Stephen Blahut, and the tenderhearted and
- The Real Inspiration Behind Rental Family | TIME
The plot of Rental Family, directed by HIKARI and starring Brendan Fraser, reads almost like science fiction Out of necessity, Phillip (Fraser), an out-of-work American actor living in Tokyo
- Rental Family is a Cozy Film About What it Means to Truly Connect
In the opening scenes of Rental Family, a new film from Japanese American director HIKARI (Beef, 37 Seconds), Brendan Fraser’s Phillip finds himself stranded in Tokyo waiting for an acting gig—anything, really—to land in his lap Phillip is the definition of washed-up: he came to Japan seven years ago to star in an absurdly cartoonish toothpaste commercial and jobs for this token white
- Rental Family: release date, trailer, cast, what we know | What to Watch
"Set against modern-day Tokyo, Rental Family follows an American actor who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese 'rental family' agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers
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