Rental Family

About Rental Family

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.

Hikari's Rental Family is a 2025 comedy film. Released in November 2025, it runs 110 minutes.

Its themes are hopeful, candid, actor, and self-discovery.

Brendan Fraser takes the lead as Phillip Vanderploeg, Takehiro Hira as Shinji Tada, Mari Yamamoto as Aiko Nakajima, and Shannon Mahina Gorman as Mia Kawasaki. The screenplay is by Hikari and Stephen Blahut. It comes from Domo Arigato Productions and Sight Unseen Pictures. In the United States it streams on Hulu.

Across Shelv it is held in 4 member libraries and 3 Shelvs. Between them, members have 3 viewings logged. Of 4 member ratings, 4 were positive. People who save it tend to save Star Wars, Hackers, and Inception too. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 1,084 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.