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-based company that provides individuals to step in and fill the missing link. It’s also a perfect opportunity to provide work for unemployed actors, giving them a chance to ply their trade and gain experience at broadening the range of their craft while helping out others in times of need. Such is the case for Phill…
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Rental Family
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.
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Release date
20/11/2025
Votes
814
Popularity
6.2
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Brendan Fraser
Phillip Vanderploeg
Takehiro Hira
Shinji Tada
Mari Yamamoto
Aiko Nakajima
Shannon Mahina Gorman
Mia Kawasaki
Akira Emoto
Kikuo Hasegawa
Paolo Andrea Di Pietro
Handsome Actor
Shinji Ozeki
Casting Director
Takao Kin
Bartender
Risa Kameda
Neighbor Girlfriend
Yuma Sonan
Neighbor Boyfriend
Kana Kitty
Neighbor Business Woman
Gan Furukawa
Neighbor Old Man
Yuji Komatsu
Neighbor Father
Ryoko Osada
Neighbor Wife
Helen Sadler
Sonia
Kaoru Mizuki
Funeral Home Receptionist
Shohei Uno
Mr. Daitoh
Sonoe Mizoguchi
Daitoh's Mother
Keiji Yamashita
Daitoh's Father
Bun Kimura
Kota Nakano
Yuki Kimura
Toothpaste Commercial Mother
Tsutomu Osabe
Toothpaste Commercial Father
Rei Yukinaga
Toothpaste Commercial Son
Shiho Asami
Toothpaste Commercial Daughter
Seiga
Cavitx
Kazue Oda
Toothpaste Commercial Grandma
Misato Morita
Yoshie Ikeda
Daikichi Sugawara
Hideo Ikeda
Hideko Hara
Keiko Ikeda
Nanami Kawakami
Yoshie's Wife, Jun
Tamae Ando
Lola
Kan Kobayashi
Ramen Master
Yuka Itaya
Tada's Fake Wife
Hinata Kaizu
Tada's Fake Son
Shino Shinozaki
Hitomi Kawasaki
Masayuki Shida
Humiliated Corporate Executive
Masayo Umezawa
Mrs. Ogawa
Sei Matobu
Masami Hasegawa
Giko
Elementary School Teacher
Rihito Tachibana
Elementary School Student
Haru Naito
Elementary School Student
Yoshida Sousuke
Elementary School Student
Rikuto Ishizuka
Shion
Kiyoko Nishimura
Karaoke Client
Yutaka Saigoh
Gamer Client
Michiko Aoki
Grandmother Client
Kenta Imanishi
Male Client
Yoko Yazawa
Strip Dancer
Mayu Ozawa
Cheated Wife at Bar
Masanori Iwasaki
Adulterous Man at Bar
Misuzu Kanno
School Principal
Hiro Ueno
School Administrator 1
Tomo Kawaguchi
School Administrator 2
JJ
Columbus
Masakazu Saiga
Detective
Ryuta Kimura
Detective
Kenji Kishida
Adulterous Man at Home
Moeko Koyama
Cheated Wife at Home
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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?
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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 his performance is quietly devastating, conveying awkward tenderness as he navigates Tokyo's morally murky rental family industry. The elderly client's storyline genuinely tugs at the heartstrings, offering the film's most emotionally resonant moments. However, strip away Fraser and the film can't escape its ov…
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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 advertising campaign that saw him in a cape with pearly white teeth. He makes ends meet by doing the ultimate in anonymous extras work. He turns up, unrehearsed, at events - like funerals - and gets paid what amounts to appearance money for looking sad! It’s at one of those gatherings that he meets “Tada” (Takehiro H…
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