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Rental Family

Rental Family

Happiness tailored to you!

2025•1h 50m•7.8/10
DramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.8/10(684)

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

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser

Phillip Vanderploeg

Takehiro Hira

Takehiro Hira

Shinji Tada

Mari Yamamoto

Mari Yamamoto

Aiko Nakajima

Shannon Mahina Gorman

Shannon Mahina Gorman

Mia Kawasaki

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Kikuo Hasegawa

Paolo Andrea Di Pietro

Paolo Andrea Di Pietro

Handsome Actor

Helen Sadler

Helen Sadler

Sonia

Shinji Ozeki

Shinji Ozeki

Casting Director

Bun Kimura

Bun Kimura

Kota Nakano

Tamae Ando

Tamae Ando

Lola

Misato Morita

Misato Morita

Yoshie Ikeda

Shohei Uno

Shohei Uno

Mr. Daitoh

Shino Shinozaki

Hitomi Kawasaki

Masayo Umezawa

Masayo Umezawa

Mrs. Ogawa

Sei Matobu

Sei Matobu

Masami Hasegawa

Rikuto Ishizuka

Rikuto Ishizuka

Shion

Takao Kin

Bartender

Daikichi Sugawara

Daikichi Sugawara

Hideo Ikeda

Hideko Hara

Hideko Hara

Keiko Ikeda

Nanami Kawakami

Nanami Kawakami

Jun

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