The film's director and actors share insight with TODAY.com about the real-life rental family business in Japan.

In this gentle comedy from the one-named Japanese director Hikari, an agency specializes in providing actors to make life's ...

"Rental Family" is a new movie that just opened to rave reviews. It stars Brendan Fraser as an American actor struggling to ...

The co-writer and director of the touching new dramedy talks about finding a visual language for isolation and connection in ...

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I’m not ready to call it the best film of 2025, but it might just be my favorite.

The co-writer and director of Brendan Fraser's latest film hopes that audiences empathize with his character in more ways ...

Afterwards, Hikari directed episodes of the streamer’s Emmy-winning bleak comedy “ Beef ” and a few episodes of HBOMax’s “ ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Ichinokawa’s life could be right out of the movie “Rental Family” as the founder nearly two decades ago ...

Hikari’s beautifully moving and affably humorous story of human connection, “Rental Family,” kicks off with one funeral and ...

Let me tell you about the actor Brendan Fraser. While he needs no introduction, it’s worth giving him one anyway. He is an ...

From Joseph Kosinski’s “F1” to James Gunn’s “Superman,” 2025 has, without a doubt, been a year filled with standout projects. Amid an era of such highly anticipated releases, I never would’ve thought ...