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: | 11 wins & 22 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $10,047,429 |
| Screen: | Hikari, Stephen Blahut |
| Productions: | Sight Unseen Pictures, Domo Arigato Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, 日本語 |
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- 3549285: Paolo Andrea Di Pietro - Handsome Actor
- 1264679: Shinji Ozeki - Casting Director
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Reviews
Brent Marchant
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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 ....
Continue reading ->justtoday1992
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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?
Continue reading ->Nick
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**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 ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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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 ad ....
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