Rental Family

Happiness tailored to you!

2025•1h 50m•7.8/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.8/10(456)

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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Production

Sight Unseen Pictures, Domo Arigato Productions

Language

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Brendan Fraser

Phillip Vanderploeg

Takehiro Hira

Shinji Tada

Mari Yamamoto

Aiko Nakajima

Shannon Mahina Gorman

Mia Kawasaki

Akira Emoto

Kikuo Hasegawa

Bun Kimura

Kota Nakano

Shino Shinozaki

Hitomi Kawasaki

Tamae Ando

Lola

Misato Morita

Yoshie Ikeda

Shinji Ozeki

Casting Director

Nanami Kawakami

Jun

Shohei Uno

Mr. Daitoh

Helen Sadler

Sonia

Paolo Andrea Di Pietro

Handsome Actor

Yuji Komatsu

Neighbor Father

Ryoko Osada

Neighbor Wife

Gan Furukawa

Neighbor Old Man

Risa Kameda

Neighbor Girlfriend

Kana Kitty

Neighbor Business Woman

Yuma Sonan

Neighbor Boyfriend

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