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 ...

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

It is not. You’ll only be able to go see “Rental Family” in theaters for the time being. However, the film comes from ...

Set against modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he ...

Those global experiences helped inform Rental Family, a tender drama starring Brendan Fraser as an American actor who has ...

The Oscar winner plays an American actor in Japan who gets a job with an agency that makes performers available to fill the ...

Japanese American director Hikari explores the world of a Japanese business that rents out actors to pose as loved ones for ...

Oscar winner Brendan Fraser filmed his new movie "Rental Family" in Tokyo. Now he knows a little Japanese alongside "some bad ...

A heartfelt look at Rental Family’s final shrine scene. Here's how Philip’s discovery of self-worth and inner connection ...

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Director Hikari successfully captures the beauty and nuances of Japanese traditions while also depicting the balance and ...