Rental Family, 2025. Written and Directed by Hikari. Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, Akira Emoto, Paolo Andrea Di Pietro, Shinji Ozeki, Yuji Komatsu, Ryoko Osada, Gan Furukawa, Risa Kameda, Kana Kitty, Yuma Sonan, Nihi, and Shino Shinozaki.SYNOPSIS:An American actor in Tokyo struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: […]
Movie Review – Rental Family (2025)
Rental Family, 2025.Written and Directed by Hikari. Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Akira Emoto, and Shannon Gorman.SYNOPSIS:Fraser plays an American actor adrift in Japan, hired by a rental family agency to “perform” roles in the lives of strangers. A father connecting to a daughter he doesn’t know, a second player for a man […]
Brendan Fraser’s struggling actor finds himself in an unusual role in Rental Family trailer
Searchlight Pictures has released a trailer and images for Rental Family, the new film from writer-director Hikari (37 Seconds, Beef) and starring Oscar-winner Brendan Fraser (The Whale) as a struggling actor in Tokyo, Japan who finds himself through a rather unusual role that sees him connecting with strangers.Featuring alongside Fraser in the cast of the […]
Brendan Fraser joins a Rental Family for new Searchlight film
The Brenaissance continues as Deadline reports Brendan Fraser has found his next role. After winning the Best Actor award for his stunning performance in The Whale and starring the recently released, and likely next Oscars contender, Killers of the Flower Moon, Fraser will star next in Rental Family from Searchlight with Beef‘s Hikari directing.Rental Family follows Fraser as […]
