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Rental Family 2025
Rental Family represents a 2025 genre blend directed by Hikari, who collaborated on the screenplay with Stephen Blahut. Brendan Fraser portrays an American performer residing in Japan, taking on employment with a rental family service that assigns him to assume identities within others' lives. Additional performers featured are Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, and Akira Emoto.
This joint production involving the United States and Japan debuted at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, subsequently opening in America through Searchlight Pictures on November 21, 2025. The movie officially opened in Japan on February 27, 2026. Critics responded favorably, particularly praising Fraser's acting. The National Board of Review recognized it among the year's best 10 productions.
Trailer
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Cast
- Brendan FraserPhillip Vanderploeg
- Takehiro HiraShinji
- Mari YamamotoAiko
- Shannon Mahina GormanMia Kawasaki
- Akira EmotoKikuo Hasegawa
- Shino ShinozakiHitomi
- Kimura BunKota
- Sei MatobuMasami Hasegawa
- Misato MoritaYoshie Ikeda
- Tamae AndoLola
Crew
- Director
- Hikari
- Writer
- Hikari, Stephen Blahut
- Producer
- Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev, Hikari, Shin Yamaguchi
- Cinematography
- Takurō Ishizaka
- Editing
- Alan Baumgarten, Thomas A. Krueger
- Music
- Jónsi, Alex Somers
Details
- Production
- Domo Arigato Productions, Sight Unseen Productions
- Distributor
- Searchlight Pictures
- Box office
- $27.4 million
