Rental Family
Rating: 7.9 / 10
Release Date: 2025-11-20
Site Views: 18
Runtime: 1h 50m mins
Genres: Comedy Drama
Crew: Director - Hikari Writer - Hikari Writer - Stephen Blahut Producer - Hikari Producer - Shin Yamaguchi Producer - Eddie Vaisman Producer - Julia Lebedev Editor - Alan Baumgarten Editor - Thomas A. Krueger
Short 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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Cast
Brendan Fraser
as Phillip Vanderploeg
Takehiro Hira
as Shinji
Mari Yamamoto
as Aiko
Shannon Mahina Gorman
as Mia Kawasaki
Akira Emoto
as Kikuo Hasegawa
Bun Kimura
as Kota Nakano
Shino Shinozaki
as Hitomi Kawasaki
Tamae Ando
as Lola
Misato Morita
as Yoshie Ikeda
Shinji Ozeki
as Casting Director
Nanami Kawakami
as Jun
Shohei Uno
as Mr. Daitoh
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Brent Marchant TMDb
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 tha... Read More
Posted on 2025-10-22T16:55:04.495Zjusttoday1992 TMDb
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?
Posted on 2025-11-25T01:07:50.451ZNick TMDb
**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 ri...
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CinemaSerf TMDb
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 campai... Read More
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