{"id":31041,"date":"2025-08-06T17:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041"},"modified":"2025-08-10T00:17:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T04:17:57","slug":"rental-family-trailer-starring-brendan-fraser-takehiro-hira-directed-by-hikari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041","title":{"rendered":"Rental Family Trailer \/ Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Directed by Hikari"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a9Brendan Fraser in RENTAL FAMILY. Photo by James Lisle\/Searchlight Pictures. \u00a9 2025 Searchlight Pictures. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

Having made his big-screen comeback to Oscar winning acclaim with Darren Aronofsky’s\u00a0The Whale<\/i><\/a> in 2022, Brendan Fraser has teamed up with a Japanese director Hikari for\u00a0his latest outing, “Rental Family<\/i><\/strong>,” which takes place in Japan, check out the latest trailer from Searchlight Pictures.<\/p>\n

Here’s the synopsis: “Set against modern-day Tokyo, “Rental Family<\/strong>“<\/i>\u00a0follows an American actor (Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese \u2018rental family\u2019 agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers.\u00a0As he immerses himself in his clients\u2019 worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality.\u00a0Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.”<\/p>\n

Besides Fraser, the film also stars Pachinko<\/i><\/a>‘s Mari Yamamoto,\u00a0Sh\u014dgun<\/i><\/a>‘s Takehiro Hira, and\u00a0Shin Godzilla<\/i><\/a>‘s Akira Emoto. Hikari’s movie has a talented cast that can carry its quirky concept, and for Brendan Fraser, this is a great chance to explore the intersection of comedy, drama, punchlines, and pathos, as the resurgent 90s star has always done.<\/p>\n

Producers are Eddie Vaisman\u00a0and\u00a0Julia Lebedev\u00a0of Sight Unseen, Hikari and\u00a0Shin Yamaguchi. Blahut, Tomo Koizumi, Jennifer Semler, Oren Moverman and Leonid Lebedev are executive producers.<\/p>\n

The film will have its world premiere at next month\u2019s Toronto\u00a0Film Festival ahead of a November 21 release date.<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a9Brendan Fraser in RENTAL FAMILY. Photo by James Lisle\/Searchlight Pictures. \u00a9 2025 Searchlight Pictures. All Rights Reserved. Having made his big-screen comeback to Oscar winning acclaim with Darren Aronofsky’s\u00a0The Whale in 2022, Brendan Fraser has teamed up with a Japanese director Hikari for\u00a0his latest outing, “Rental Family,” which takes place in Japan, check out the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2256,28027,24904,28029,8061,1171,19103,1219,28028],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRental Family Trailer \/ Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Directed by Hikari<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rental Family : A lonely American actor living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese "rental family" company to play stand-in roles in other people's lives. Along the way, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within his built-in family.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rental Family Trailer \/ Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Directed by Hikari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rental Family : A lonely American actor living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese "rental family" company to play stand-in roles in other people's lives. Along the way, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within his built-in family.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cinema Daily US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-06T21:12:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-10T04:17:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rental-Family.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"968\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"732\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nobuhiro Hosoki\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nobuhiro Hosoki\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041\",\"name\":\"Rental Family Trailer \/ Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Directed by Hikari\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rental-Family.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-06T21:12:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-10T04:17:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a39aff30168e5736b19e3486a7747bd3\"},\"description\":\"Rental Family : A lonely American actor living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese \\\"rental family\\\" company to play stand-in roles in other people's lives. Along the way, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within his built-in family.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rental-Family.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rental-Family.png\",\"width\":968,\"height\":732,\"caption\":\"Rental Family\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rental Family Trailer \/ Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Directed by Hikari\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/\",\"name\":\"Cinema Daily US\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a39aff30168e5736b19e3486a7747bd3\",\"name\":\"Nobuhiro Hosoki\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Nobuhiro-Hosoki-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Nobuhiro-Hosoki-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Nobuhiro Hosoki\"},\"description\":\"Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick's \\\"A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo\u2019s program called \\\"Morning Satellite\\\" at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.cinemadailyus.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rental Family Trailer \/ Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Directed by Hikari","description":"Rental Family : A lonely American actor living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese \"rental family\" company to play stand-in roles in other people's lives. Along the way, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within his built-in family.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rental Family Trailer \/ Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Directed by Hikari","og_description":"Rental Family : A lonely American actor living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese \"rental family\" company to play stand-in roles in other people's lives. Along the way, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within his built-in family.","og_url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041","og_site_name":"Cinema Daily US","article_published_time":"2025-08-06T21:12:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-10T04:17:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":968,"height":732,"url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rental-Family.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Nobuhiro Hosoki","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nobuhiro Hosoki","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041","name":"Rental Family Trailer \/ Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Directed by Hikari","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rental-Family.png","datePublished":"2025-08-06T21:12:13+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-10T04:17:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a39aff30168e5736b19e3486a7747bd3"},"description":"Rental Family : A lonely American actor living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese \"rental family\" company to play stand-in roles in other people's lives. Along the way, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within his built-in family.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rental-Family.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rental-Family.png","width":968,"height":732,"caption":"Rental Family"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31041#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rental Family Trailer \/ Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Directed by Hikari"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/","name":"Cinema Daily US","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a39aff30168e5736b19e3486a7747bd3","name":"Nobuhiro Hosoki","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Nobuhiro-Hosoki-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Nobuhiro-Hosoki-150x150.jpg","caption":"Nobuhiro Hosoki"},"description":"Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick's \"A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo\u2019s program called \"Morning Satellite\" at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cinemadailyus.com"],"url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}