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.| Status: | Released (2025-11-20) |
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| Awards: | 4 wins & 1 nomination total |
| Screen: | Hikari, Stephen Blahut |
| Productions: | Searchlight Pictures, Sight Unseen Pictures, Domo Arigato Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, 日本語 |
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- 1264679: Shinji Ozeki - Casting Director
Crews
- 1264682: HIKARI - Director - Directing
- 1287626: Eddie Vaisman - Producer - Production
- 1633454: Julia Lebedev - Producer - Production
- 2201798: Stephen Blahut - Executive Producer - Production
- 3112355: Shin Yamaguchi - Producer - Production
- 1264682: HIKARI - Writer - Writing
- 2240103: Tomo Koizumi - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
Brent Marchant
Review text:
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-b ....
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