CineWa - Rental Family (2025)

The story Rental Family takes place in contemporary Tokyo and follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find a purpose in his life. Everything changes when he gets an unusual new job: he goes to work for a Japanese agency specialized in ‘rental families’, where he fills in for strangers. As he immerses himself in the worlds of his clients, he begins to forge real bonds that blur the lines between acting and reality. Confronted with the moral complexity of his work, he rediscovers his purpose, his sense of belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection. Cast Brendan Fraser, Mari Yamamoto, Takehiro Hira, Akira Emoto, Nihi Regisseur Hikari Pers Brendan Fraser won an Oscar in 2020 for The Whale. In Rental Family he proves why that was no fluke.