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Rental Family
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.
2025 · Directed by Hikari · 110 min · Comedy · Drama · 13 frames
Tagline
Happiness tailored to you!
Crew
- Written by: Hikari, Stephen Blahut
- Cinematography: Takuro Ishizaka
- Edited by: Alan Baumgarten, Thomas A. Krueger
- Music: Jon Thor Birgisson, Alex Somers
- Production design: Norihiro Isoda, Masako Takayama
- Produced by: Hikari, Shin Yamaguchi, Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev
Cast
- Brendan Fraser as Phillip Vanderploeg
- Takehiro Hira as Shinji Tada
- Mari Yamamoto as Aiko Nakajima
- Shannon Mahina Gorman as Mia Kawasaki
- Akira Emoto as Kikuo Hasegawa
- Paolo Andrea Di Pietro as Handsome Actor
- Shinji Ozeki as Casting Director
- Takao Kin as Bartender
- Risa Kameda as Neighbor Girlfriend
- Yuma Sonan as Neighbor Boyfriend
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Japanese
- Studios: Sight Unseen Pictures, Domo Arigato Productions
- Box office: $26,585,129
- Themes: self-discovery, tokyo, japan, candid, social isolation, actor, emotional healing, inner conflict, rental family, bold, hopeful
On this film
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