Rental Family

Nov 20, 2025

1h 50m

★ 7.8

Happiness tailored to you!

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Sight Unseen Pictures

Domo Arigato Productions

Rental Family Trailers

Cast

Phillip Vanderploeg

Brendan Fraser

Shinji Tada

Takehiro Hira

Aiko Nakajima

Mari Yamamoto

Mia Kawasaki

Shannon Mahina Gorman

Kikuo Hasegawa

Akira Emoto

Handsome Actor

Paolo Andrea Di Pietro

Sonia

Helen Sadler

Casting Director

Shinji Ozeki

Kota Nakano

Bun Kimura

Lola

Tamae Ando

Yoshie Ikeda

Misato Morita

Mr. Daitoh

Shohei Uno

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