Rental Family (2025)
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.
Director: Hikari
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Brendan Fraser as Phillip Vanderploeg |
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Takehiro Hira as Shinji Tada |
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Mari Yamamoto as Aiko Nakajima |
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Shannon Mahina Gorman as Mia Kawasaki |
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Akira Emoto as Kikuo Hasegawa |
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Paolo Andrea Di Pietro as Handsome Actor |
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Shinji Ozeki as Casting Director |
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Takao Kin as Bartender |
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Risa Kameda as Neighbor Girlfriend |
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Yuma Sonan as Neighbor Boyfriend |
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Kana Kitty as Neighbor Business Woman |
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Gan Furukawa as Neighbor Old Man |
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Yuji Komatsu as Neighbor Father |
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Ryoko Osada as Neighbor Wife |
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Helen Sadler as Sonia |
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Kaoru Mizuki as Funeral Home Receptionist |
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Shohei Uno as Mr. Daitoh |
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Sonoe Mizoguchi as Daitoh's Mother |
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Keiji Yamashita as Daitoh's Father |
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Bun Kimura as Kota Nakano |
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Yuki Kimura as Toothpaste Commercial Mother |
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Tsutomu Osabe as Toothpaste Commercial Father |
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Rei Yukinaga as Toothpaste Commercial Son |
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Shiho Asami as Toothpaste Commercial Daughter |
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Seiga as Cavitx |
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Kazue Oda as Toothpaste Commercial Grandma |
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Misato Morita as Yoshie Ikeda |
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Daikichi Sugawara as Hideo Ikeda |
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Hideko Hara as Keiko Ikeda |
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Nanami Kawakami as Yoshie's Wife, Jun |
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Tamae Ando as Lola |
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Kan Kobayashi as Ramen Master |
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Yuka Itaya as Tada's Fake Wife |
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Hinata Kaizu as Tada's Fake Son |
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Shino Shinozaki as Hitomi Kawasaki |
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Masayuki Shida as Humiliated Corporate Executive |
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Masayo Umezawa as Mrs. Ogawa |
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Sei Matobu as Masami Hasegawa |
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Giko as Elementary School Teacher |
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Rihito Tachibana as Elementary School Student |
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Haru Naito as Elementary School Student |
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Yoshida Sousuke as Elementary School Student |
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Rikuto Ishizuka as Shion |
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Kiyoko Nishimura as Karaoke Client |
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Yutaka Saigoh as Gamer Client |
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Michiko Aoki as Grandmother Client |
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Kenta Imanishi as Male Client |
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Yoko Yazawa as Strip Dancer |
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Mayu Ozawa as Cheated Wife at Bar |
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Masanori Iwasaki as Adulterous Man at Bar |
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Misuzu Kanno as School Principal |
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Hiro Ueno as School Administrator 1 |
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Tomo Kawaguchi as School Administrator 2 |
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JJ as Columbus |
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Masakazu Saiga as Detective |
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Ryuta Kimura as Detective |
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Kenji Kishida as Adulterous Man at Home |
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Moeko Koyama as Cheated Wife at Home |
| Directing | Hikari | Director |
| Writing | Hikari | Writer |
| Writing | Stephen Blahut | Writer |
| Production | Hikari | Producer |
| Production | Shin Yamaguchi | Producer |
| Production | Eddie Vaisman | Producer |
| Production | Julia Lebedev | Producer |
| Production | Stephen Blahut | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tomo Koizumi | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Alan Baumgarten | Editor |
| Editing | Thomas A. Krueger | Editor |
| Production | Kei Kawamura | Casting |
| Camera | Takuro Ishizaka | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Raku Nagao | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jon Thor Birgisson | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Alex Somers | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Norihiro Isoda | Production Design |
| Art | Masako Takayama | Production Design |
| Production | Jennifer Semler | Executive Producer |
| Production | Leonid Lebedev | Executive Producer |
| Production | Brendan Fraser | Executive Producer |
| Production | Oren Moverman | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hiromi Momose | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Kevin Senzaki | Sound Designer |
