Rental Family (2025)
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Brendan Fraser
as Phillip Vanderploeg
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Takehiro Hira
as Shinji Tada
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Mari Yamamoto
as Aiko Nakajima
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Shannon Mahina Gorman
as Mia Kawasaki
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Akira Emoto
as Kikuo Hasegawa
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Paolo Andrea Di Pietro
as Handsome Actor
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Shinji Ozeki
as Casting Director
- Takao Kin as Bartender
- Risa Kameda as Neighbor Girlfriend
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Yuma Sonan
as Neighbor Boyfriend
- Kana Kitty as Neighbor Business Woman
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Gan Furukawa
as Neighbor Old Man
- Yuji Komatsu as Neighbor Father
- Ryoko Osada as Neighbor Wife
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Helen Sadler
as Sonia
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Kaoru Mizuki
as Funeral Home Receptionist
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Shohei Uno
as Mr. Daitoh
- Sonoe Mizoguchi as Daitoh's Mother
Crew
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Hikari
Director
- Takuro Ishizaka Director of Photography
- Alan Baumgarten Editor
- Thomas A. Krueger Editor
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Jon Thor Birgisson
Original Music Composer
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Alex Somers
Original Music Composer
- Eddie Vaisman Producer
- Julia Lebedev Producer
- Shin Yamaguchi Producer
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Hikari
Producer
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Hikari
Writer
- Stephen Blahut Writer
