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Rental Family(2025)
Status: Released
Date: 2025-11-20
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753 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
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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.
Languages: English, Japanese.
Countries:
United States of America
Revenue: $26,585,129.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Domo Arigato Productions
Movie: Rental Family
Top 10 Billed Cast
Brendan Fraser
Phillip Vanderploeg
平岳大
Shinji Tada
Mari Yamamoto
Aiko Nakajima
Shannon Mahina Gorman
Mia Kawasaki
柄本明
Kikuo Hasegawa
Paolo Andrea Di Pietro
Handsome Actor
尾関伸嗣
Casting Director
Video Trailer Rental Family
Video: Hulu Trailer
Hulu Trailer
Official Trailer
Official UK Trailer
"Big American" Official Clip
"Cheerleader" Official Clip
"HIKARI & Brendan Fraser" Featurette
"I Can Message You" Official Clip
"Scoring A Family" Featurette
"Token White Guy" Official Clip
A Conversation with HIKARI, Brendan Fraser and Mari Yamamoto
All 67 videos
Hulu Trailer - Trailer
Official Trailer - Trailer
Official UK Trailer - Trailer
"Big American" Official Clip - Clip
"Cheerleader" Official Clip - Clip
"HIKARI & Brendan Fraser" Featurette - Behind the Scenes
"I Can Message You" Official Clip - Clip
"Scoring A Family" Featurette - Behind the Scenes
"Token White Guy" Official Clip - Clip
A Conversation with HIKARI, Brendan Fraser and Mari Yamamoto - Featurette
A Week in the Life - Teaser
ABC Special - Behind the Scenes
Arigato Toronto - Featurette
Blind Box Opening - Featurette
Brendan - Featurette
Brendan Fraser & Bun Kimura - Featurette
Brendan Fraser & HIKARI - Featurette
Brendan Fraser Arrives At TIFF - Featurette
Brendan Fraser Didn't Want to Leave Japan after Filming 'Rental Family'! - Featurette
Brendan Fraser Learning Japanese - Featurette
Brendan Fraser on feeling connected through family. - Featurette
Building a New Family Featurette - Featurette
Cast and Crew Q&A | TIFF 2025 - Featurette
Casting - Featurette
Cat Ears - Featurette
Certified Fresh - Teaser
Crossing Cultures - Featurette
Director HIKARI At TIFF - Featurette
Expectations Meets Emotion - Featurette
Family - Featurette
Family Photo - Featurette
Family Rental Agency Commercial - Teaser
Feeling Seen - Teaser
Finding Family In Japan - Featurette
Get Tickets Now - Teaser
Get Tickets Now - Teaser
Get Tickets Now - Teaser
HIKARI On Set - Behind the Scenes
Homecoming In Toronto - Featurette
Interview with Director Hikari - Featurette
Learning Japanese - Behind the Scenes
Learning Japanese - Featurette
Lessons - Featurette
Letterboxd Family - Featurette
Love Letter - Featurette
Many Sides to One Man - Teaser
Message From Brendan - Featurette
Now Playing in Theaters Everywhere - Teaser
Now Playing in Theaters Everywhere - Teaser
Now Playing in Theaters Everywhere - Teaser
Okay to Pretend - Teaser
One Week | Streaming on Disney+ April 15 - Teaser
Outsider Official Clip - Clip
Parade - Teaser
Premiere Night - Featurette
Rent An Interviewer - Featurette
Rental Family Over Ramen - Featurette
Snacks - Featurette
Sonder - Teaser
Stunning - Teaser
Thank You TIFF - Featurette
TIFF Emerging Talent Award - Featurette
TIFF Welcomes Brendan Fraser - Featurette
TIFF Welcomes Director HIKARI - Featurette
TIFF World Premiere - Featurette
Why Do You Do This? - Teaser
Wink - Featurette
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