09-30-2025, 03:03 PM
RENTAL FAMILY Writer/Director HIKARI
will be in San Francisco on Monday, October 13
and available for interviews.
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RENTAL FAMILY
IN THEATRES ON NOVEMBER 21, 2025
Set in modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who 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. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.
Directed by:
HIKARI
Screenplay by:
HIKARI, Stephen Blahut
Produced by:
Eddie Vaisman, p.g.a, Julia Lebedev, p.g.a, HIKARI, p.g.a, Shin Yamaguchi, p.g.a
Cast:
Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Gorman, and Akira Emoto
will be in San Francisco on Monday, October 13
and available for interviews.
RENTAL FAMILY
IN THEATRES ON NOVEMBER 21, 2025
Set in modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who 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. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.
Directed by:
HIKARI
Screenplay by:
HIKARI, Stephen Blahut
Produced by:
Eddie Vaisman, p.g.a, Julia Lebedev, p.g.a, HIKARI, p.g.a, Shin Yamaguchi, p.g.a
Cast:
Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Gorman, and Akira Emoto
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