Rental Family

7.75

Score (231 - voted)

Nov 20, 2025

RELEASE DATE

01:50:00

RUNTIME

January 13, 2026

UPDATED DATE

Comedy Drama

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.

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Main Cast

Brendan Fraser
Phillip Vanderploeg
Takehiro Hira
Shinji
Mari Yamamoto
Aiko
Shannon Mahina Gorman
Mia Kawasaki
Akira Emoto
Kikuo Hasegawa
Paolo Andrea Di Pietro
Handsome Actor
Shinji Ozeki
Casting Director
Shino Shinozaki
Hitomi Kawasaki
Yuji Komatsu
Neighbor Father
Ryoko Osada
Neighbor Wife
Gan Furukawa
Neighbor Old Man
Risa Kameda
Neighbor Girlfriend
Kana Kitty
Neighbor Business Woman
Yuma Sonan
Neighbor Boyfriend
Shohei Uno
Mr. Daitoh
Nanami Kawakami
Jun
Helen Sadler
Sonia
Bun Kimura
Kota Nakano
Misato Morita
Yoshie Ikeda
Kenta Kobashi
Video Game Character (uncredited)
Tamae Ando
Lola

Crew

Hikari
Producer
Stephen Blahut
Writer
Eddie Vaisman
Producer
Stephen Blahut
Executive Producer
Hikari
Writer
Julia Lebedev
Producer
Tomo Koizumi
Executive Producer
Hikari
Director
Shin Yamaguchi
Producer
Alan Baumgarten
Editor
Thomas A. Krueger
Editor
Kei Kawamura
Casting
Takuro Ishizaka
Director of Photography
Raku Nagao
First Assistant Director
Jon Thor Birgisson
Original Music Composer
Alex Somers
Original Music Composer
Norihiro Isoda
Production Design
Masako Takayama
Production Design
Jennifer Semler
Executive Producer
Leonid Lebedev
Executive Producer
Brendan Fraser
Executive Producer
Oren Moverman
Executive Producer
Hiromi Momose
Makeup & Hair
Kevin Senzaki
Sound Designer

Budget: $0

Revenue: $10,706,787

Languages

English
日本語

Production Companies

Sight Unseen Pictures
Domo Arigato Productions

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