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📅 2025 ⏱ 1h 50min PG-13 Released FHD / 4K

Rental Family

"Happiness tailored to you!"

DramaComedy

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.

🎬 DirectorHikari

📅 Release2025-11-20

🌍 CountryUnited States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish, Japanese

🏢 StudioSight Unseen Pictures, Domo Arigato Productions

🗳 Votes697

🔥 Popularity9

💵 Revenue$26,585,129

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🎭 Cast

Brendan Fraser

Phillip Vanderploeg

Takehiro Hira

Shinji Tada

Mari Yamamoto

Aiko Nakajima

Shannon Mahina Gorman

Mia Kawasaki

Akira Emoto

Kikuo Hasegawa

Paolo Andrea Di Pietro

Handsome Actor

Helen Sadler

Sonia

Shinji Ozeki

Casting Director

Bun Kimura

Kota Nakano

Tamae Ando

Lola

Misato Morita

Yoshie Ikeda

Shohei Uno

Mr. Daitoh

Shino Shinozaki

Hitomi Kawasaki

Masayo Umezawa

Mrs. Ogawa

Sei Matobu

Masami Hasegawa

🎥 Crew

Director Hikari

Writer Hikari

Writer Stephen Blahut

Producer Hikari

Producer Shin Yamaguchi

Producer Eddie Vaisman

Producer Julia Lebedev

Executive Producer Stephen Blahut

Executive Producer Tomo Koizumi

Editor Alan Baumgarten

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🏷 Keywords

self-discoverytragedytokyo, japanexpatriatesurrogate fatheractorrental familyhuman connection

💬 Reviews

Brent Marchant ⭐ 4/10

Forging personal connections can be difficult enough these days, even in casual circumstances. But what happens when we require someone to play a vital role for a pressing need and no one is available to stand in? That’s when it may be time to place a call to Rental Family, a Tokyo-based company that provides individuals to step in and fill the missing link. It’s also a perfect opportunity to …

justtoday1992

I can't wait to watch this movie. It says its already out November 20th but I still can't watch it on here or any server. Will it br up soon?…

Nick ⭐ 7/10

**Good vibes, missed opportunities** Rental Family delivers sweetness with Brendan Fraser charm, but stumbles in its depths Fraser remains the MVP—his gentle giant presence and expressive vulnerability carry this film through its overly sentimental beats. Critics are right that his performance is quietly devastating, conveying awkward tenderness as he navigates Tokyo's morally murky rental…