Brendan Fraser
Phillip Vandarpleog
About this film
What it's about
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.
Date Night Pick
Pretend families, real feelings
Brendan Fraser is an American adrift in Tokyo who takes a strange gig playing stand-in relatives for strangers, only to find the bonds turning genuinely tender. It is a warm, funny, quietly moving story about connection that lingers, at 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.6 on IMDb. Do note that it is playing only a handful of times this week, so it is worth planning your night around.
Showtimes
Not currently screening in Zurich
No upcoming showtimes at the cinemas we track. New schedules land every week.
Cast & Crew
Who made it
Cast
Takehiro Hira
Shinji
Mari Yamamoto
Aiko
Shannon Mahina Gorman
Mia Kawasaki
Akira Emoto
Kikuo Hasegawa
Paolo Andrea Di Pietro
Handsome Actor
Bun Kimura
Kota Nakano
Shinji Ozeki
Casting Director
Helen Sadler
Sonia
YK
Yuji Komatsu
Neighbor Father
SS
Shino Shinozaki
Hitomi Kawasaki
Tamae Ando
Lola
Crew
Hikari
Directing
Facts & references
Details
Title
Rental Family
Year
2025
Runtime
1h 50m
Spoken Language
English
Genre
Comedy · Drama
Director
Hikari
IMDb
7.6 / 10 (50,994 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics)
87%
Metacritic
64
IMDb ID
tt14142060
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