Rental Family (2025)
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109 min
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.
- Release date
- September 6, 2025
- Country of origin
- Japan, United States
- Music
- Jon Thor Birgisson, Alex Somers
- Box office
- $26,585,129
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- See Through Windowinstrumental1:43
- Window Weatherinstrumental5:17
- Cherry Blossom Pink Inkinstrumental3:31
- Falling Petalsinstrumental4:45
- Nowhere Familyinstrumental1:44
- Found Familyinstrumental3:16
- Found Memoryinstrumental1:20
- Lost Memoryinstrumental2:47
- Nearing Deathinstrumental2:31
- Nearing Lifeinstrumental1:17
- Funeral Choirinstrumental3:04
- Be Togetherinstrumental0:50
Cast
- Brendan Fraser as Phillip Vanderploeg
- Takehiro Hira as Shinji Tada
- Mari Yamamoto as Aiko Nakajima
- Akira Emoto as Kikuo Hasegawa
- Paolo Andrea Di Pietro as Handsome Actor
- Shinji Ozeki as Casting Director
- Takao Kin as Bartender
- Risa Kameda as Neighbor Girlfriend
- Yuma Sonan as Neighbor Boyfriend
- Kana Kitty as Neighbor Business Woman
- Gan Furukawa as Neighbor Old Man
- Helen Sadler as Sonia
- Kaoru Mizuki as Funeral Home Receptionist
- Shôhei Uno as Mr. Daitoh
- Keiji Yamashita as Daitoh's Father
- Yuki Kimura as Toothpaste Commercial Mother
- Misato Morita as Yoshie Ikeda
- Daikichi Sugawara as Hideo Ikeda
- Hideko Hara as Keiko Ikeda
- Nanami Kawakami as Yoshie's Wife, Jun
Crew
- Hikari · Director
- Hikari · Writer
- Stephen Blahut · Writer
- Hikari · Producer
- Julia Lebedev · Producer
- Eddie Vaisman · Producer
- Shin Yamaguchi · Producer
- Jon Thor Birgisson · Composer
- Alex Somers · Composer
- Takuro Ishizaka · Cinematographer
- Alan Baumgarten · Editor
- Thomas A. Krueger · Editor
- Kei Kawamura · Casting director
- Yumi Takada · Casting director
- Norihiro Isoda · Production designer
- Masako Takayama · Production designer