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Rental Family
Rental Family

Rental Family

2025 110 min ★ 7.7 Drama, Comedy

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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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

Shinji Ozeki

Shinji Ozeki

Casting Director

Takao Kin

Bartender

Risa Kameda

Neighbor Girlfriend

Yuma Sonan

Neighbor Boyfriend

Details

Director

Hikari

Tagline

"Happiness tailored to you!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$26,585,129

Production

Sight Unseen Pictures, Domo Arigato Productions

Reviews

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Brent Marchant

October 22, 2025

★ 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 prov...

J

justtoday1992

November 25, 2025

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?

N

Nick

November 30, 2025

★ 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 f...

C

CinemaSerf

January 21, 2026

★ 7/10

My, how Brendan Fraser has come on since his beefcake gardener days of “Gods and Monsters” (1998). Move on a quarter of a century and he’s “Philip”. A struggling American actor trying to make a living in Japan. He’s fluent, but thus far his success has been limited to a toothpaste advertising campaign that saw him in a cape with pearly white teeth. He makes ends meet by doing the ultimate in anony...

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