Rental Family (2025)
Release: November 20, 2025 | Runtime: 1h 50m | Rating: 7.9
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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Main cast
- Brendan Fraser as Phillip Vanderploeg
- Takehiro Hira as Shinji
- Mari Yamamoto as Aiko
- Shannon Mahina Gorman as Mia Kawasaki
- Akira Emoto as Kikuo Hasegawa
- Bun Kimura as Kota Nakano
- Shino Shinozaki as Hitomi Kawasaki
- Tamae Ando as Lola
- Misato Morita as Yoshie Ikeda
- Shinji Ozeki as Casting Director
- Nanami Kawakami as Jun
- Shohei Uno as Mr. Daitoh
- Helen Sadler as Sonia
- Paolo Andrea Di Pietro as Handsome Actor
- Yuji Komatsu as Neighbor Father
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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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