Rental Family (2025)

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Happiness tailored to you!

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.

• Released: 2025-11-20
• Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Runtime: 1h 50m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.7/10 from 1,062 votes

Directed by Hikari.

Top cast

• Brendan Fraser as Phillip Vanderploeg
• Takehiro Hira as Shinji Tada
• Mari Yamamoto as Aiko Nakajima
• Shannon Mahina Gorman as Mia Kawasaki
• 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

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Rental Family

• United States: stream on Hulu; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store
• India: stream on JioHotstar
• Canada: stream on Disney Plus, Crave Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Fetch TV

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