RENTAL FAMILY
Director: Hikari
Feature filmUS, J 2025103'OmU
Sunday, 12. Oct 2025, 15:00
Filmpalast · Kino 1
In cooperation with The Walt Disney Company Germany
show all movies from 2025A lonely and unsuccessful American actor is hired in Tokyo by an agency that rents out fake family members for all kinds of situations. Through his new job, he gets to know Japanese society from a completely different perspective and finds surprising friendships and emotional connections. Japanese director Hikari confidently stages a culture clash tragicomedy that is perfectly cast with Brendan Fraser as an empathetic expat.
Director
Hikari
Screenplay
Hikari, Stephen Blahut
Production Company
Sight Unseen Pictures, Domo Arigato Productions
Cinematography
Takurô Ishizaka
Editing
Alan Baumgarten, Thomas A. Kruger
Music
Jónsi Jónsi, Alex Somers
Production Design
Norihiro Asoda, Masako Takayama
Cast
Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Akira Emoto, Shannon Gorman, Searchlight Pictures
Domestic Sales
The Walt Disney Company Germany
